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White House Doctored Photo With Google AI to Make It Look Like an Activist Was Sobbing During Perp Walk
(theintercept.com)
The White House used a photo that was digitally altered with Google AI tools in its PR campaign against resistance to the federal agents’ assault on Minnesota, according to a Google detection system that confirms whether the tech giant’s AI tools were used to alter a photo.
In the original photo, local civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong was shown being escorted by authorities after her arrest in connection to a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Cities Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The version published by the White House’s official X account showed an image that had been altered to make it appear as if Levy Armstrong were openly weeping.
