{"id":12806,"date":"2024-08-13T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=12806"},"modified":"2024-08-13T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:04:14","slug":"trump-falsely-claims-harris-used-ai-to-create-massive-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/trump-falsely-claims-harris-used-ai-to-create-massive-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Falsely Claims Harris Used AI to Create Massive Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Despite what former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/trump-wants-a-say-in-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decisions\/478282\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Donald Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112944255426268462\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">claimed on Truth Social<\/a> on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s 15,000-person crowd in Michigan was not fake or created with AI.<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed on Sunday that Harris &#8220;cheated&#8221; and &#8220;A.I.&#8217;d&#8221; the crowd of supporters who greeted her when she arrived at the airport in Detroit on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was nobody at the plane,&#8221; Trump wrote, later calling for Harris to be disqualified from the election because &#8220;the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/facebook-apologizes-after-mislabeling-photo-of-donald-trump\/477782#!\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Facebook Issues Apology After Photo of Donald Trump Was Erroneously Labeled &#8216;Altered&#8217;<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>But the image was not made with AI. It was taken at an event covered by Fox News, <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/archive\/USA-ELECTION-HARRIS-RC2MC9A5FXRG.html\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Reuters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/detroitnews\/status\/1821361744381350213\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">the Detroit News<\/a>, and other media outlets. Fox Detriot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/harris-walz-campaign-detroit-wednesday-how-watch\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">wrote<\/a> on Wednesday that &#8220;thousands&#8221; attended the Detroit rally, and confirmed today that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/trump-falsely-claims-harriss-michigan-rally-used-artificial-intelligence-inflate-crowd-size\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">estimated 15,000 people<\/a> showed up.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s campaign responded to Trump&#8217;s accusation by stating that the image was real. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/da_wessel\/status\/1821313969505645023\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Videos<\/a> from the event, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/democratic-u-s-presidential-candidate-vice-president-kamala-news-photo\/2165785521?adppopup=true\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Getty Images<\/a> photos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/democratic-u-s-presidential-candidate-vice-president-kamala-news-photo\/2165784795?adppopup=true\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">captured<\/a> at the time, confirm<b> <\/b>that the image was real too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/112944255426268462\/embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tech giants including Google, Meta, and Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2024\/08\/major-tech-companies-pledge-efforts-monitor-ai-based-content-ahead-2024-election\/398635\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">have pledged<\/a> to keep an eye on their platforms for AI-altered or created content ahead of the November election. But this may not be able to stop an influx of AI-generated content \u2014 and claims of fake photos.<\/p>\n<p>As of last month, Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/google-says-election-ads-with-deepfakes-must-be-labeled\/476533\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">requires advertisers<\/a> to disclose when they use deepfakes, or realistic AI versions of people&#8217;s voices and likenesses, in election ads.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these efforts, AI has already made multiple appearances this election season. In February, an AI robocall in President Joe Biden&#8217;s voice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/07\/politics\/biden-robocall-texas-strip-mall-invs\/index.html\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">told 20,000<\/a> New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the state&#8217;s presidential primary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>1) This is an actual photo of a 15,000-person crowd for Harris-Walz in Michigan<\/p>\n<p>2) Trump has still not campaigned in a swing state in over a week&#8230; Low energy? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgTfoMAcuk\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">pic.twitter.com\/VgTfoMAcuk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1822679561353535600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In late July, Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1816974609637417112\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">shared a parody video<\/a> of Harris with his 193.8 million followers on X. In the video, Harris&#8217;s voice and likeness are manipulated to say statements like &#8220;I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk did not disclose that the video was a parody when he shared it. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/business\/musk-trump-support\/index.html\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">endorsed Trump<\/a> in early July.<\/p>\n<p>After the attempt on Trump&#8217;s life at a rally in Pennsylvania in July, a Meta spokesperson apologized after the company incorrectly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/facebook-apologizes-after-mislabeling-photo-of-donald-trump\/477782#!\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">labeled a photo <\/a>of Trump as &#8220;altered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1823035759655264697\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">scheduled to appear<\/a> in an interview with Musk on X Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/jamie-dimons-policy-advice-for-donald-trump-kamala-harris\/477975\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><b>JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Offers Policy Advice to Donald Trump, Kamala Harris in New Op-Ed \u2014 Is an Endorsement Next?<\/b><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/trump-falsely-claims-harris-used-ai-to-create-massive-crowd\/478370\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite what former President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s 15,000-person crowd in Michigan was not fake or created with AI. Trump claimed on Sunday that Harris &#8220;cheated&#8221; and &#8220;A.I.&#8217;d&#8221; the crowd of supporters who greeted her when she arrived at the airport in Detroit on Wednesday. &#8220;There was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/1723488680-Harris-GettyImages-2165784795.jpg?format=pjeg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12808,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12806\/revisions\/12808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}