Former President Donald Trump has posted a sequence of synthetic intelligence-generated photographs depicting a pretend presidential endorsement from Taylor Swift.
Trump shared the photographs in a submit on Reality Social on Sunday afternoon.
One of many photographs portrays Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit and reads “Taylor desires YOU to VOTE for DONALD TRUMP.”
The previous president captioned the batch of photographs “I settle for!”
Different photographs he shared within the submit showcase what appear to be Taylor Swift followers carrying shirts that learn “Swifties for Trump.” One falsely suggests Swifties are turning to Trump after a foiled terror plot canceled three of the pop star’s reveals in Austria this month.
The photographs had been all screengrabs of posts made by different social media accounts.
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Swift has but to endorse any candidate for president within the 2024 election however did come out publicly in help of the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 through an interview with V Journal.
“I’ll proudly vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” Swift stated within the interview in 2020.
That very same 12 months, Swift spoke out towards Trump on X, which was Twitter on the time.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your total presidency, you’ve got the nerve to feign ethical superiority earlier than threatening violence? ‘When the looting begins the taking pictures begins’??? We are going to vote you out in November,” Swift had stated about Trump in reference to protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
Swift has continued to be a goal of AI-generated photographs.
Earlier this 12 months, different deepfakes emerged falsely claiming she supported Trump.
In a separate incident, pretend pornographic photographs of the pop star emerged. They depicted Swift in express positions at a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation, which was a reference to her relationship with the group’s tight finish Travis Kelce.
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By way of AI utilized by the presidential candidates, Trump himself has spoken out towards the follow.
Earlier this month, he made false claims about his opponent Vice President Kamala Harris creating “pretend” photographs of crowds at her speeches.
“She ought to be disqualified as a result of the creation of a pretend picture is ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Anybody who does that can cheat at ANYTHING!” Trump stated in a submit on Reality Social.
Photographs on social media and protection from information shops disproved Trump’s claims, as they confirmed giant gatherings of individuals rallying for Harris in cases Trump stated “they did not exist.”
A ballot performed by Ipsos and Undertaking Liberty earlier this 12 months confirmed {that a} majority of Individuals — 57% — suppose that pretend information is an issue on this 12 months’s presidential election.
Half of American adults reported they’ve personally encountered election information that they thought was pretend or made up within the final 12 months.
