T.D. Jakes Fought Off AI Attacks Linking Him To Diddy
T.D. Jakes mentioned 44,000 AI bots unfold rumors linking him to Diddy and felony exercise in what he known as a focused misinformation marketing campaign.
T.D. Jakes mentioned he was bombarded by 44,000 AI-generated bots that flooded the web with false claims tying him to Sean “Diddy” Combs and alleged intercourse events, calling it a coordinated smear marketing campaign concentrating on distinguished Black public figures.
The megachurch leader and media mogul addressed the digital onslaught throughout a current interview, revealing the dimensions of the misinformation push. “When the [rumors] first broke out, it was 44,000 bots that were released on me,” Jakes mentioned. He added that an investigation “discovered that 98% of them were all artificial intelligence-generated.”
The rumors, which gained traction on-line within the wake of a number of lawsuits and felony allegations in opposition to Diddy in 2024 and 2025, falsely linked Jakes to felony habits and salacious occasions.
He was named in a lawsuit as somebody Diddy allegedly tried to make use of for picture management, however Jakes was by no means accused of any wrongdoing.
Fake movies and AI-manipulated thumbnails circulated on YouTube, falsely depicting Jakes being arrested or attending events related to Diddy. None of the content material was supported by credible proof.
T.D. Jakes Takes Legal Action Over Diddy Lies
Jakes and his authorized staff have since filed motions looking for info from YouTube and Google to uncover who’s behind the false content material. The aim is to determine the people or teams answerable for launching the bot-driven assaults.
Jakes made it clear he had no involvement in any of the alleged incidents. “The other thing that it really proved to me, to Oprah, to Denzel, to all the people, is that it’s everybody. It goes along with the turf,” he mentioned. “We have got to stop getting our information from TikTok,” he mentioned.
He additionally dismissed the rumors as baseless. “That’s kinda water under the bridge. If there were anything there, the FBI would have been in it … It’s like when I had my health scare—within seconds, it was all over the world, you wouldn’t have to find it on Instagram, you wouldn’t have to find it on YouTube. You would find it on the 6 o’clock news.”
Jakes suffered a coronary heart assault in November 2024 whereas preaching at The Potter’s House in Dallas.
After recovering, he stepped down as senior pastor. Jakes then handed over management to his daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband, Touré Roberts.
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