Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

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

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

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

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...and shared on Higgins' Twitter account.

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

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

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

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