Trump Lies Harris Used AI to Create Massive Crowd

Despite what former President Donald Trump said on Sunday’s Truth Social, Vice President Kamala Harris’ crowd in Michigan was not real or created with AI.

Trump said on Sunday that Harris “fooled” and “AI” the crowd of supporters who greeted him when he arrived at the airport in Detroit on Wednesday.

“There was no one on the plane,” Trump wrote, later saying that Harris should be disqualified from the election because “the creation of a fake photo interferes with the election.”

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But the image is not generated by AI. Taken from an event covered by Fox News, Reuters, Detroit News, and other media outlets. Fox Detroit reported Wednesday that “thousands” attended the Detroit rally, and confirmed today that an estimated 15,000 people attended.

Harris’ campaign responded to Trump’s accusations that the photo was real. Videos from the event, as well as Getty Images photos taken at the time, confirm it that the picture was real too.

Tech giants including Google, Meta, and Microsoft have promised to check their platforms for content that has been modified or created before the November election. But this may not be able to stop the influx of AI-generated content – and fake photo claims.

Starting last month, Google required advertisers to disclose when they were using deepfakes, or real AI versions of human voices and likenesses, in election ads.

Despite these efforts, AI has already made several appearances this election season. In February, an AI robocall on the voice of President Joe Biden told 20,000 New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the state’s presidential election.

1) This is an actual photo of the 15,000 person Harris-Walz crowd in Michigan.

2) Trump still hasn’t campaigned in a swing state in over a week… Power down? pic.twitter.com/VgTfoMAcuk

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 11, 2024

In late July, Elon Musk shared a funny video of Harris with his 193.8 million followers on X. In the video, Harris’ voice and likeness are used to make statements such as “I was elected because I am a great diversity employer.”

Musk did not disclose that the video was a parody when he shared it. He endorsed Trump in early July.

After the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania in July, a Meta spokesperson apologized after the company incorrectly labeled a photo of Trump as “altered.”

Trump is scheduled to appear in an interview with Musk on X Monday evening.

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