Former President Donald Trump He falsely claimed to be vice president on Sunday Kamala HarrisThe propaganda falsely claims that a crowd came to him August 7 rally Detroit, Michigan. In a post on Truth Social, Trump He said A Photograph The crowd is created using artificial intelligence and the crowd doesn’t actually “exist.”
However, many videos from event Videos show a large crowd at the Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, and a crowd similar to the one seen in the photo. Local reporters for the news site live An estimated 15,000 men were present when Air Force Two arrived.
Trump questioned the photo Sent to X A Michigan campaign staffer for Harris said he received it from a colleague. A Harris campaign official told CBS News that the photo was taken by a campaign staffer and that the official sent what they said was the original photo, along with other footage captured by the official.
Photo provided by the Harris Campaign
The photo’s metadata, analyzed by CBS News, shows it was taken on Aug. 7 at 6:28 p.m. ET on an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max. A side-by-side comparison of the original photo and the version that appeared on social media shows that the social media version is brighter and more cropped. There are no signs of AI manipulation.
Similar photographs were taken by news organizations covering the event Reuters and Getty Images, as seen below.
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Hani Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializes in deep fake detection. He said In a post on LinkedIn, he received several requests to analyze the image after it went viral online.
Farid said he found no evidence that the image was AI-generated or digitally altered. Farid said the signs and text on the plane showed none of the usual signs of AI.
The Harris campaign responded to Trump’s accusations against Truth Social, responding to one of his posts by sharing a video of the event showing the arrival of Air Force Two. “In case you forgot @realdonaldtrump: This is what a rally looks like in a swing state.”
But Trump supporters on social media continued to share the deleted images and spread false claims.
One of those fake movies telegram And X It showed AI-generated faces with captions claiming to be “fake Harris supporters” allegedly circulated by the Harris campaign. However, CBS News has determined that the photo was not circulated by the Harris campaign. An X user who runs a parody account claimed to be behind the image He said It is developed using AI.
A screenshot of a Craigslist ad for paid actors to attend a political event at the Phoenix, Arizona Convention Center. disseminated At the end of the week. But that ad was fake, and versions of it have been removed since at least 2017 AZ Central, SnopesAnd Reuters.
Trump has boasted about the crowds at his rallies in recent days. at one o’clock News conference On Thursday, the Republican presidential nominee, Jan. 6, 2021, before his speech in front of the Ellipse near the White House, said he thought a large crowd attended.
Trump conceded that official ratings had King’s crowds higher. According to the National Park ServiceApproximately 250,000 people attended the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom on Washington, where King spoke. Approximately 53,000 people attended Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021.o House Select Committee Investigated the attack on the Capitol later that day.
“No one has ever spoken to a bigger crowd than me,” Trump said.
