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Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

August 18, 2024

Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on social media that falsely depicted Taylor Swift endorsing him for the upcoming election. The images, which included Swift dressed as Uncle Sam and fans wearing “Swifties for Trump” shirts, were shared despite being labeled as satire.
Alleged deployer
donald-trump
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-creator
Alleged harmed parties
taylor-swift, swifties, electoral-integrity, democracy, general-public

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/766

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