The latest episode of South Park, titled 'Sora Not Sorry', has sparked controversy with its depiction of US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance engaging in a graphic sexual encounter. The scene, set in the White House's Lincoln Bedroom, uses the characters' actual faces and has been described as one of the most disturbing in the show's history.
The episode also revolves around a child sex trafficking ring investigation, triggered by AI-generated deepfake videos created by schoolchildren using the Sora 2 video generator. The adults in South Park cannot distinguish between real and fake footage, leading the police to believe they have uncovered a vast child abuse network.
Meanwhile, Eric Cartman is rescued from the clutches of billionaire Peter Thiel, who had been using deepfakes to deceive Cartman's mother. The police later discover surveillance footage of Trump and Vance's tryst on Thiel's laptop, but Trump manages to convince Fox News and Satan that the footage is an AI fake.
The episode's release coincided with Congress publishing thousands of pages from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, including emails suggesting Trump knew about underage girls. South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have a personal history with deepfake technology, having founded Deep Voodoo LLC in 2020.
