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Images created with artificial intelligence have flooded social media in recent months, with some people using AI tools like Midjourney to imagine what it would look like for Donald Trump to be arrested. But the former president isnt opposed to AI-created photos. Trump shared an image of himself on Thursday morning over at Truth Social. And its almost certainly fake.

The image, which has been circulating on pro-Trump Twitter since at least Saturday, shows the former president on one knee praying. At first glance it even looks like it could be a real photo. But anyone who looks closer will notice the telltale signs of AI.

For starters, you always want to look at the hands. AI image creation tools have tremendous difficulty with generating realistic hands, and this image is no different. Trump appears to be missing his ring finger on his right hand, at the very least, and his thumbs are grafted on in a jumbled mess that seems to defy basic human anatomy.

Hugging Face has created a tool that lets people upload images to determine the probability a given image was created with artificial intelligence. The Hugging Face tool says this particular image of Trump was created by machines with about 90% confidence.

But you dont even need fancy online tools or a knowledge of artificial intelligence to determine this image probably isnt real. The first clue shouldve been that Trump is taking one knee in a pose that would be somewhat difficult for a fit and healthy man whos 76 years old, let alone Trump. As far as I can tell, Trump has never taken a knee in public.

The other big giveaway that this image isnt real is that Trumps right kneethe one on the groundappears to be directly behind his left foot. Trump isnt proficient in yogaor hes been hiding his super-human flexibility for a very long time.

There are other context clues that such an image is clearly fake. For instance, Trump is the center of attention in every room he enters. None of the four faces we can see in the background of this image are bothering to look in Trumps direction.

If Donald Trump, the 45th president of the U.S., suddenly got on one knee and started to pray in the middle of a room, you can bet everyone in that room would be either looking at him or joining him in prayer. The American public has a wide variety of opinions on Trump, but cool indifference to the man basically doesnt exist.

I ran the image through several other online tools, including TinEye and Yandex Images, to see if the image appeared anywhere else, on the off chance that it was real. But nothing came back with a hit.

This isnt the first time Trump has been caught sharing fake images of himself. Back in 2019, Trumps team was digitally altering photos of the president to make him look more fit and even gave him longer fingers. Seriously.

In short, Trump must know this image is fake, but doesnt mind sharing it with his followers to encourage the cult of personality that drives his movement. What does Trump actually look like when hes praying at church? We have the answer from a 2019 surprise visit to a church in Virginia, seen below.

Just dont ask Trump his favorite Bible passage.

Im a technology reporter and founder of Paleofuture.com, a website I started in 2007 that looks at past visions of the future, from flying cars and jetpacks to utopias and dystopias. Paleofuture was formerly hosted at Smithsonian magazine (2011-2013) and Gizmodo (2013-2020).

My work has appeared at BBC Future, Slate, The Verge, GOOD, Pacific Standard, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Buzzfeed. Most recently, I was a senior writer at Gizmodo for ten years. Ive also given talks at South by Southwest, dConstruct in Brighton, The Conference in Malmo, UCLAs Digital Cash conference in Los Angeles, and the University of Virginias edUi conference. In 2012, I partnered with the BBC to put on an exhibit of retro-futuristic items from my personal collection in Hollywood, California.

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Donald Trump Shares Fake AI-Created Image Of Himself On Truth Social - Forbes