AI Produced Crowds at Kamala Rallies?

[playtime]

lol.... donny is getting desperate.

Kamala Harris Campaign Taunts Trump With Rally Crowd Videos on Truth Social​

Published Aug 11, 2024 at 4:40 PM EDT
Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign taunted Donald Trump on Sunday with videos of the size of the crowd at her recent rally in Michigan after the former president said photos of the event were "fake."
Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in this year's upcoming election, and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, appeared together in the key swing state in front of an estimated 15,000 people at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Wednesday.

In a series of Sunday posts on Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, the Harris campaign shared videos of the roaring crowd at the airport hangar when the vice president stepped out of the airplane. The Harris campaign taunted the former president by captioning the video: "Warning: The content of this video may upset @realDonaldTrump."
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In addition, a photo posted by Trump on Truth Social on Sunday was captioned, "Look, we caught her with a fake 'crowd.' There was nobody there!"
That photo was analyzed by the fact-checking organization Snopes who used AI-detection tools and determined it was "likely photographed by someone and not created using an AI-generation tool," but added that the image posted by Trump is "possible it was digitally edited."

There is no evidence to suggest the photos or videos of Wednesday's crowd shared by the Harris campaign are fake or altered.
Kamala Harris campaign taunts Trump with rally crowd videos on Truth Social

 

[debbiedowner]

EDIT: After doing a bit more looking, the following may be evidence of some malicious mischief afoot too. See Post #2

I don't know how many of USMB people are on X or if they can see this status and the comments with additional emphasized photos of the crowd at a supposed Kamala rally, but if this is the real deal, there are a lot of AI created or altered images in it.

I didn't know AI could manipulate a broadcast while you're watching?

 

[Foxfyre]

I didn't know AI could manipulate a broadcast while you're watching?

I don't know that it can do that yet, but it can sure manipulate a video of the broadcast you were/are watching.

 

[odanny]

Donnie is really losing it.

Just kidding, he lost it long ago.



“Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she ‘A.I.’d’ it, and showed a massive ‘crowd’ of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!” the Republican nominee for president wrote on social media. Trump continued, “She’s a CHEATER. She had NOBODY waiting, and the ‘crowd’ looked like 10,000 people! Same thing is happening with her fake ‘crowds’ at her speeches. This is the way the Democrats win Elections, by CHEATING.” - DJT


David Plouffe, a senior adviser for Kamala Harris for President, expressed concern on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, about Trump’s comments.

“These are not conspiratorial rantings from the deepest recesses of the internet,” Plouffe wrote. “The author could have the nuclear codes and be responsible for decisions that will affect us all for decades.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/11/trump-falsely-accuses-harris-campaign-fabricated-ai-crowd-photos/

 

[jbrownson0831]

Apparently there have been other Twitter posts suggesting or making it look like crowd size has been enhanced but this 'fact check' site says no:

Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris' August 2024 Wisconsin Rally NOT Digitally Altered | Lead Stories

Was an image of a Kamala Harris campaign rally in Wisconsin digitally altered to boost the crowd? No, that's not...

leadstories.com

So without some credible verification all should be seen skeptically.

Dims fact checking Dims??? Nope.

 

[Foxfyre]

Dims fact checking Dims??? Nope.

That wasn't the point though. The photo is obviously a digitally created fake. The point is for us all to be aware of the prevalence of this kind of dishonesty or malicious mischief and not fall for it whomever or whatever is the subject of the photo.

 

[jbrownson0831]

That wasn't the point though. The photo is obviously a digitally created fake. The point is for us all to be aware of the prevalence of this king of dishonesty or malicious mischief and not fall for it whomever or whatever is the subject of the photo.

Well, we of course won't fall for it.....but people with brains are not the targeted audience.

 

[Foxfyre]

Well, we of course won't fall for it.....but people with brains are not the targeted audience.

No argument from me there.

 

[skye]

Kamala rally was great.

 

[dudmuck]

Kamala rally was great.



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[daveman]

That give you tiny wood, doesn't it?

 

[dudmuck]

That give you tiny wood, doesn't it?

 

[candycorn]

EDIT: After doing a bit more looking, the following may be evidence of some malicious mischief afoot too. See Post #2

I don't know how many of USMB people are on X or if they can see this status and the comments with additional emphasized photos of the crowd at a supposed Kamala rally, but if this is the real deal, there are a lot of AI created or altered images in it.

don't be stupid

 

[debbiedowner]

Letter from the Editor: Don't accuse us of doctoring photos just because an image challenges your beliefs

Reality check: That's a real photo of real people at a real place.

www.mlive.com

 

[Carl in Michigan]

It’s really sad that this is what you people have been reduced to

One of MANY things. Some of us can walk and chew gum at the same time

 

[Delldude]

Yall really need to get a life and take a little break from social media and fake news

And here you are posting on social media........

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

EDIT: After doing a bit more looking, the following may be evidence of some malicious mischief afoot too. See Post #2

I don't know how many of USMB people are on X or if they can see this status and the comments with additional emphasized photos of the crowd at a supposed Kamala rally, but if this is the real deal, there are a lot of AI created or altered images in it.

Some hands are malformed. Clear evidence of AI.

 

[Slade3200]

And here you are posting on social media........

Yes I am…