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Online trolls exploit Frisco high school stabbing with deepfake videos
FRISCO – Online trolls and race baiters have seized on the tragic stabbing at a Frisco high school track meet, spreading misinformation online and creating AI-generated deepfake videos.
In one AI-generated video posted to Instagram this week, a clip of CBS News Texas anchor Doug Dunbar was manipulated to make it appear as though he said something he didn’t. The video also used AI to create an entirely fake video image of the suspect Karmelo Anthony with a knife in his hand.
The CBS News Confirm team said it’s unclear just how many people saw this video, but it was reposted on multiple accounts. The original post on Instagram has now been taken down.
Investigating deepfake technology
For over a year, the CBS News Texas I-Team has been investigating the technology behind deepfake videos. Professor Christopher Meerdo at the University of North Texas in Denton told the I-Team in a 2024 interview that advances in technology are making it easier to create deepfakes. In fact, one can be made with just a single still image.
“These videos are going to get exponentially better,” Meerdo said. “The advances in artificial intelligence, it’s moving so quickly that it is going to get more convincing, and they are going to need smaller data sets to make really accurate things.”
Social media companies and misinformation
Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of the use of fact-checkers on their platforms, Facebook and Instagram, relying instead on users to flag misinformation through a feature called Community Notes, similar to what Elon Musk’s social platform X uses.
Dr. Daxton “Chip” Stewart, a journalism professor at Texas Christian University specializing in social media and free speech, explained that while the spread of disinformation online isn’t new, recent changes by Meta have, in his opinion, exacerbated the problem.
The Texas Longhorns entered the 2025 season with more expectations than any team has had to deal with in recent memory.
Many among the media were ready to crown the team and quarterback Arch Manning before they even played one game. Of course, those unrealistic expectations were never met, even though the team finished with a 10-3 record and a Citrus Bowl win over the Michigan Wolverines.
2026 is heading in the same direction for the Longhorns. Many believe head coach Steve Sarkisian has the most talented team in the country. But in order to fix the issues from this past season, the Longhorns needed to fix one issue that has cost them in the past.
Changing The Narrative
One of the biggest issues the Longhorns had last season was the play of the offensive line. It was apparent in the first game of the season against the Ohio State Buckeyes that Manning didn’t have the pocket time needed to make big plays.
This offseason, Coach Sarkisian went out and found two massive transfer portal additions that should completely change the narrative on this offensive line.
It starts with potential starting right tackle Melvin Siani. Siani has spent time with the Temple Owls and last season with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Longhorns are set at left tackle with Trevor Goosby, who could play himself into being a top 10 pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. If the team can get competent play from Siani, the offense will be able to open up the playbook, and the world may finally see Manning at his college peak.
The Longhorns also went out and found a potential fix at left guard for the 2026 season. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers transfer Laurence Seymore could be another strong patch for the holes in the offensive line.
After spending the first two seasons of his college career with the Miami Hurricanes, Seymore made stops with the Akron Zips and the Hilltoppers.
Of course, the one concern with Seymore is wondering if he can compete at the SEC level coming from the C-USA.
This season for the Longhorns starts and stops with the play of Manning. Coach Sarkisian and the rest of this coaching staff understood that protecting their quarterback was the most important goal when building the 2026 roster.
The Longhorns are going to be leaning on veteran talent to protect their quarterback, and it may very well be the best decision they made this offseason.
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