Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI.
The Verge reports: President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI.
The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by Google's AI detector as "made or.
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