Daijiworld Media Network - Washington

Washington, Sep 29: US President Donald Trump on Saturday briefly shared an AI-generated video falsely claiming the launch of a nationwide “medbed” health system, before deleting it amid growing scrutiny.

The clip, crafted to resemble a Fox News broadcast hosted by Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump, portrayed her announcing the rollout of “America’s first med bed hospitals” and a “national Med Bed card for every citizen.” It included a fabricated statement from Trump promising guaranteed access to futuristic hospitals “equipped with the most advanced technology in the world.” Fox News has confirmed no such programme ever aired.

The “medbed” idea originates from QAnon-linked conspiracy theories, which allege that hidden technologies can cure disease, reverse ageing and even regenerate limbs—claims widely dismissed by scientists as pure pseudoscience. Believers often insist governments and elites are suppressing these devices, while opportunistic companies have marketed costly “medbed cards” and gadgets despite FDA warnings about false health claims.

Disinformation analysts say the video highlights the growing risks of AI-generated deepfakes in political communication. “It’s really hard to define something that doesn’t exist,” a researcher told the BBC, noting that the so-called medbed remains a fiction with no medical basis.

Trump’s post was deleted without explanation, but it has already sparked debate over misinformation and the misuse of emerging AI tools in the run-up to the US election season.