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Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

Images produced by Eliot Higgins using artificial intelligence depict ...

...a fictitious altercation between Donald Trump and .....

 ....New York City police officers as captured on an iPhone in Arlington, Virginia, ...

...and shared on Higgins' Twitter account.

The images, according to experts in misinformation, are signs of a new reality...

...where waves of fake photos and videos overwhelm social media following significant news events and...

....further blur the lines between fact and fiction at critical junctures for society.