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AI photos fuel fake news about Nicolas Maduro’s capture
After President Donald Trump announced Nicolas Maduro’s capture in a social media post, AI-generated images claiming to show the incident flooded social media. These fake images were even used by some news sites and reposted by the official White House X account. Vedika Bahl talks us through what she’s seen online, and how misleading they may have been in Truth or Fake.
After President Donald Trump announced Nicolas Maduro’s capture in a social media post, AI-generated images claiming to show the incident flooded social media. These fake images were even used by some news sites and reposted by the official White House X account. Vedika Bahl talks us through what she’s seen online, and how misleading they may have been in Truth or Fake.
