DeSantis' campaign apparently used AI-created fake images showing Trump and Fauci hugging and kissing

Images shared in a DeSantis campaign video, three of which appear to be AI-generated.

DeSantis War Room/Twitter

• DeSantis' campaign shared images of Trump and Fauci hugging in a Twitter video on June 5.
• The photos are shared under the banner "Real Life Trump" in the campaign video. 
• But media forensics experts told AFP that the images were likely created by artificial intelligence.

A video shared by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign appears to feature AI-generated fake images of former President Donald Trump and former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci hugging and kissing.

The images were featured in a video shared by the DeSantis War Room's Twitter account on Monday, which emphasized the relationship between Trump and Fauci.

The clip included real clips of Trump and Fauci, who helped the US develop its COVID-19 response plan.

But in one clip that featured six images of the pair together, three appear to be AI-generated, media forensics experts told AFP.

DeSantis, DeSantis' campaign, and Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

—DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) June 5, 2023

 

"It was sneaky to intermix what appears to be authentic photos with fake photos, but these three images are almost certainly AI-generated," Many Ford, a digital forensics expert and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, told AFP.

Three photos in the collage — the top center, top right, and bottom left — are real images and can be found in records from Getty Images, the National Institutes of Health, and Reuters.

The three other photos — top left, bottom center, and bottom right — appear to be AI-generated and all show Fauci and Trump hugging. Two of the fake images show Trump kissing Fauci's face.

Insider could not find the origin of those three pictures. A reverse image search on Google couldn't find the source for any of them.

Farid told AFP that it's "highly likely" the photos are AI-generated.

AI-generated images have circulated in the political sphere for months.

In February, Trump shared a parody AI-generated video of DeSantis and Elon Musk speaking with Adolf Hitler.

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