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DeSantis attack ad uses fake AI images of Trump embracing Fauci
Right_in_Virginia:
DeSantis attack ad uses fake AI images of Trump embracing Fauci
The Verge, Jun 8, 2023
The fake images depict Trump kissing Fauci on the cheek, allowing the DeSantis campaign to frame Trump
as a close supporter of Fauci’s policies combatting COVID-19.
The campaign backing Ron DeSantis as Republican presidential nominee in 2024 has used what experts identify as AI-generated deepfakes in attack ad against rival Donald Trump.
On June 5th, the “DeSantis War Room” Twitter account shared a video emphasizing Trump’s support for Anthony Fauci, a former White House chief medical advisor and key figure in developing the US response to COVID-19. Fauci has become a hated figure in right-wing politics, particularly among the anti-vax movement, and the attack ad seeks to grow this base of support for DeSantis by portraying Trump and Fauci as close collaborators.
The video includes real clips of Trump discussing Fauci and a collage of six pictures of the two men together. Of the six images, three appear to be AI-generated, showing Trump embracing Fauci. In the collage below they are top-left, bottom-middle, and bottom-right.
More:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23753626/deepfake-political-attack-ad-ron-desantis-donald-trump-anthony-fauci
Right_in_Virginia:
Tim Pool
@Timcast
I was 55/45 for Trump/DeSantis
Now Im 0% for DeSantis
Using AI images to smear Trump is a hard fu*k you
DeSantis must disavow
10:55 AM · Jun 8, 2023
DefiantMassRINO:
DeSantis, bad move. You're supposed to wait until you are elected to lie your ass off.
Using AI deepfakes only exposes DeSantis as weak, desperate, and unscrupulous.
Wow, DeSantis is really punching above his weight, and losing.
LMAO:
Lots of testicles it takes to whine about a fake picture of Donald Trump when this was the same guy who early on took a picture of a young Ron DeSantis and, even a poster here, such as our own RIV, demanded of others if buying alcohol for underage teenage girls was a new conservative value
Trump himself even put out the idea that he could’ve been possibly grooming these girls
And no, I do not like fake pictures being used against an opponent or a picture without any context. But to watch the MAGA force cry about this is the height of hypocrisy.
God, we got such wonderful choices next year
Right_in_Virginia:
johnny maga
@_johnnymaga
Team Desantis thinks posting memes is comparable to airing ads with realistic AI photos meant to deceive viewers
These people are trash
12:38 PM · Jun 8, 2023
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