Despite what former President Donald Trump said reported on Truth Social The 15,000-strong crowd led by Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan on Sunday was not artificial or created using AI.
Trump on Sunday claimed Harris “tricked” and “AI-attacked” the crowd of supporters who greeted her as she arrived at a Detroit airport on Wednesday.
“There was no one on board the plane,” Trump wrote, later calling for Harris to be disqualified from the election because “creating a false image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE.”
But the photo wasn’t taken with AI. It was taken at an event that Fox News was covering, Reuters Agency, Detroit Newsand other media. Fox Detroit he wrote on Wednesday that “thousands” of individuals attended a rally in Detroit and it was confirmed today that estimated 15,000 people appeared.
Harris’ campaign responded to Trump’s accusations by saying the photo was real. Movies from the event, in addition to Getty photos photos caught confirm at this time that the picture is also real.
Tech giants including Google, Meta and Microsoft He committed to keep an eye on their platforms for AI-edited or AI-created content ahead of the November election. But that might not be enough to stem the flow of AI-generated content — and claims of pretend photos.
Since last month, Google has required advertisers to disclose the use of deepfakes – realistic, artificial intelligence-based versions of individuals’s voices and likenesses – in election ads.
Despite these efforts, AI has already made repeated appearances this election season. In February, an AI robocall was made by President Joe Biden 20,000 were said New Hampshire Democrats is not going to participate in the presidential primary in that state.
1) This is a real photo of the 15,000-person crowd at the Harris-Walz concert in Michigan.
2) Trump hasn’t campaigned in over a week in an undecided state… No energy? photo:twitter.com/VgTfoMAcuk
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 11, 2024
At the end of July, Elon Musk shared a parody video Harris with his 193.8 million followers on X. In the video, Harris’s voice and image are manipulated to make statements similar to “I was selected because I am the best diversity candidate for the job.”
Musk didn’t reveal that the video was a parody when he shared it. supported Trump at the starting of July.
Following the attempt on Trump’s life at a Pennsylvania rally in July, a Meta spokesperson apologized after the company mistakenly labeled a photo of Trump as “altered.”
Trump is scheduled to appear in an interview with Musk on Show X on Monday night.
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