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Pentagon’s Female Recruit Surge Questioned after AI Images Air on OAN

Visible Grok watermarks prompted an on-air apology from OAN following a segment by press secretary Kingsley Wilson that left the Pentagon refusing to provide data verifying the claimed leap in female enlistment

OAN ran four AI-generated images of female soldiers during a segment on an alleged increase in military recruitment of women. CNN has added a label indicating the images were AI-generated.
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Overview

  • Defense Department press secretary Kingsley Wilson told One America News host Matt Gaetz that female enlistment rose from about 16,000 to upwards of 24,000 year over year.
  • The segment featured four on-screen photos of women in uniform that were revealed to be AI-generated by Elon Musk’s Grok, as indicated by visible watermarks.
  • Host Matt Gaetz and OAN issued an on-air apology acknowledging the images came from Grok and pledging to exercise better judgment.
  • A Pentagon spokesperson said the Defense Department did not supply the photos, yet its Rapid Response account on X shared the clip along with the AI-generated images.
  • The department has not publicly released the detailed recruitment data needed to substantiate the specific figures cited on the broadcast.