DeepfakeHigh
AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump
- Occurred
- Aug 18, 2024
- Published
- Aug 19, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image on social media that falsely depicted Kamala Harris speaking at a DNC event surrounded by communist imagery including the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union. The image was intended to undermine Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention and to suggest that her views are aligned with communism.
Developers
- Synthetic image generation technology
Deployers
- Donald Trump
Harmed parties
- Kamala Harris
- Democratic National Committee
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated image used to deceive and spread misinformation about a political figure.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8