Overview
- Google’s Gemini detector identified a SynthID watermark on the image, confirming it was generated with Google AI.
- The image was posted on X by Democratic strategist Keith Edwards and had roughly 6 million views early Friday.
- Fact-checkers and AI tools, including ChatGPT and Gemini, flagged visual distortions and inconsistent details as hallmarks of a fabricated image.
- Additional altered versions circulated on X, including a gold walker image and a video claiming to show the president using a walker.
- The executive order at issue centralizes federal approval of AI, creates a task force to challenge state laws, and threatens to withhold broadband funding from states viewed as hindering AI development.