Deepfake Donald Trump is arrested
Fake AI images of Donald Trump appearing to be tackled to the ground and arrested by New York police officers went viral online, fooling some people into thinking they were real. Created by investigative website Belingcat founder Eliot Higgins using AI image generator Midjourney , the images included shots of Trump's wife Melania screaming, his daughter Ivanka yelling, son Donald Trump Jr protesting, and the former US president in orange prison fatigues. The images were published shortly before Trump was to appear in court over his alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Higgins was later banned by Midjourney for violating its terms of use . The word 'arrested' was also banned on the platform. The incident led commentators to highlight the necessity of dedicated AI regulation. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Midjourney Operator: Eliot Higgins Developer: Midjourney Country: USA Secto r: Politics Purpose: Entertain Technology: Deepfake - video; Machine learning Issue: Impersonation; Mis/disinformation
- Date it happened
- 2023-03-01
- Organisation involved
- Eliot Higgins; Midjourney
- Product, system or model
- Midjourney
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