Kamala Harris' Rally Crowds Aren't AI-Generated. Here's How You Can Tell
WiredDonald Trump may have coined a new term in his latest false attack on Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. The Harris campaign responded with its own post saying that the image is "an actual photo of a 15,000-person crowd for Harris-Walz in Michigan." But as artificial intelligence tools become increasingly good at generating photorealistic images, it's worth outlining the many specific ways we can tell that Harris' crowd photos are indeed authentic. Reporters from multiple outlets reported directly on the crowds in their accounts: Local outlet MLive estimated the crowd size at 15,000, for instance, while The New York Times noted that the event was “witnessed by thousands of people and news outlets, including The New York Times, and the number of attendees claimed by her campaign is in line with what was visible on the ground.”
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