DeepfakeMedium
Parody AI Images of Donald Trump Being Arrested Reposted as Misinformation
- Occurred
- Mar 21, 2023
- Published
- Mar 24, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
AI-generated photorealistic images depicting Donald Trump being detained by the police which were originally posted on Twitter as parody were unintentionally shared across social media platforms as factual news, lacking the intended context.
Developers
- Midjourney
Deployers
- Eliot Higgins
Harmed parties
- Social media users
- X (Twitter) users
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated images used to deceive as misinformation without causing physical harm or legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8