DeSantis attack ad uses fake AI images of Trump embracing Fauci

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US politicians continue to normalize AI deepfakes

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Compare this to the sign that appears in the top-left image from the DeSantis ad. The shade of blue is different and the text is nonsense. Look at the image more closely and you can also see how Trump and Fauci’s faces are unrealistically posed, almost overlapping one another, and how Trump’s hair is oddly smooth and featureless:

The top-left image from the collage used in the DeSanti ad. Examining details close show the hallmarks of an AI generated fake.Collage: The VergeAFP that it was “highly likely” that the images were fake, particularly as they could not be found in reverse image searches. Digital media forensics expert Siwei Lyu came to the same conclusion, noting abnormalities in the three images. “I am pretty sure these are not real photos,” Lyu told the

 

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