The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- John Furner
Celebrities are often ‘forced’ to make public apologies when their words and actions fall flat among fans, which are typically drawn up by frantic public relations teams.
But some A-listers appear to be using a new technique to issue generic and safe ways to say sorry – artificial intelligence.
‘ for her viral tantrum on TikTok, was also included in the study, topping the list with a 72 percent chance that her apology was AI-generated.
The Hollywood couple came under fire in September after writing letters to the judge in the case of convicted rapist Danny Masterson
The study deployed four AI-detection tools to uncover possible evidence of hastily crafted, insincere apologies penned by an AI chatbot: ChatGPTZero, Undetectable.ai, Copyleaks and Sapling.
Tech research website EarthWeb.com selected candidates based on apology view counts, likes, shares and comments.
The team collected apologies from posts and videos and transcribed the content, which was scanned through the four systems and then analyzed for the likelihood of AI generation.
Overall percentages were then calculated, finding averages of each percentage found on different AI detector tools for that celebrity.
Tiffany Gomas – 72% chance of AI help
Viral TikTok sensation Tiffany Gomas, whose unhinged reaction to another airline passenger spanned the internet, scored a combined 72 percent likelihood that AI-generated her video-taped Instagram apology.
The transcribed text of the content was found to be 99 percent likely AI on Sapling and 45 percent likely AI on ChatGPTZero.
Erica Mena – 69% chance of AI help
The 35-year-old Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta star — who was fired from the show following a racist slur she made against her co-star Spice — apologized for her comments via an official statement to TMZ in September.
‘I deeply regret my insensitive comment and want to humbly apologize to anybody I hurt or offended by my thoughtlessness,’ the model said.
I am committed to listening to the voices of those affected and will work toward making amends,’ she continued.
‘As a woman of color and the mother of two black children, I want to make it clear that my use of that word was not in any way racially driven.
The research from EarthWeb claims the likelihood AI generated the apology is 69 percent.
| Rank | Celebrity | Industry / Known for | ChatGPTZero | Undetectable.ai | Copyleaks | Sapling | Likelihood apology is AI-generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiffany Gomas | Crazy Plane lady’ from viral TikTok video | 45% | 0% | 0% | 99% | 72% |
| 2 | Erica Mena | Love & Hip Hop Star | 37% | AI content detected | AI content detected | 100% | 69% |
| 3 | Cassidy McGill | Reality TV Star, Love Island Australia | 26% | AI content detected | 0% | 98.90% | 62% |
| 4 | Joe Rogan | Podcast Host | 5% | 0% | AI content detected | 99.90% | 52% |
| 5 | Doja Cat | Music | n/a | 0% | AI content detected | 100% | 50% |
| 6 | Lunden and Olivia Stallings | TikTok Stars | 0% | AI content detected | 0% | 97.70% | 33% |
| 7 | Ming Tsai | Celebrity Chef | 30% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 32% |
| 8 | Matty Healy | Music, The 1975 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 9 | Whoopi Goldberg | Actress | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 10 | Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher | Actor/Actress | 0% | 0% | 0% | 99.70% | 24% |
| 11 | Elon Musk | Tech | 0% | 0% | 0% | 92% | 23% |
| 12 | Irina Solomonova | Reality TV Star, Love is Blind | 0% | 0% | 0.00% | 91.10% | 22% |
| Source: tech research website, EarthWeb.com | |||||||
