President Trump leans forward in a limousine, takes a long puff from a cigarette and flashes a wide grin. An aggressive rap song blasts over the stereo as a group of young women bob around him.

No one would mistake the otherworldly scene for reality — and they shouldn’t, because it was made by artificial intelligence. Yet it caused a stir when it was released online last year, skewering Mr. Trump, former Vice President Kamala Harris and others using lifelike A.I. replicas, soaring to more than 16 million views on YouTube.

It was the biggest hit yet by the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained notoriety online — along with more than 100 million views across platforms — by fully embracing A.I.

The studio is now among the most popular A.I.-powered artists on the internet for its roster of subversive videos released on YouTube and then circulated rapidly across social

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