A video supposedly featuring a United States (U.S.) Army female soldier looking for a husband to help manage a family farm has been posted on Facebook (FB). Several Filipinos and foreigners expressed interest in the fake ad post.
In the manipulated video, artificial intelligence (AI) was used on a photo of a female soldier to make it look like she was saying this:
“Hello. I am Emily from the U.S.A. I am in the Army and 35 years old. One week ago, I lost my father in a road accident. I am very sad because my father had a large farm with 13 generations of animals. I am alone at home with no brothers or sisters to help. For this reason, I resigned from the Army. I need a caring, loving person who will marry me and help manage my father’s farm. If any guy’s interested, even if he is from another country, I will cover the visa costs.”
The photo was uploaded to an online talking photo tool that uses AI to add head and mouth animations to make it appear that the image was actually talking. The tool in question also uses AI to generate speech and subtitles, which are then added to the AI-animated photo.
Reverse image search shows that the original photo, uploaded to Pinterest on March 5, 2024, is of an unidentified female soldier with the Chilean Army.
VERA Files Fact Check could not verify the woman’s identity, but learned that the soldier is under the Chilean Army’s Education Division (Ejercito de Chile – Division Educacion [DIVEDUC]) based on the patch on her left arm.
A quick Google search shows the farm laborer position exists, but it is not currently available on both the UCRI Jobs Portal and on the American job search engine Glassdoor.
The website is not an official page of the UCRI, nor does it redirect to the university’s job portal.
The fake video has garnered a total of 3,600 reactions, 1,000 comments, and 125 shares. It appeared on July 5, three days after reports stated that U.S. job openings increased last May.
