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Gold medalist forced to clarify he didn’t record White House’s AI tantrum

Winning a gold medal is hard enough. Cleaning up after a government social media stunt shouldn’t be part of the victory lap.

Jason Weisberger
Feb 27, 2026
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There is no way the captain of the US Olympic Hockey Team could have anticipated he’d be publicly denying crude insults put in his mouth by a deep-faking White House. This is not part of the training that goes into winning Olympic gold, or it wasn’t until now.

An AI-doctored video posted by the White House’s official TikTok account made it appear the Ott…

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