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Midjourney bans user for generating AI images of Trump arrest
Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, created AI-generated images of Donald Trump being arrested using Midjourney. He posted them on Twitter, where they went viral. Midjourney subsequently banned him for violating its terms of service. The incident highlighted the potential for AI-generated misinformation.
- Date it happened
- 2023-03-22
- Organisation involved
- Midjourney
- Product, system or model
- Midjourney
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