The claim
Images from the Internet show the arrest of former US President Donald Trump.
Our conclusion
Incorrect. There was no arrest of Donald Trump. A journalist published the circulating images on Twitter, saying he had created them using artificial intelligence. Several details also indicate that the photos are fake.
There are currently several images circulating that apparently show former US President Donald Trump being arrested. In some of these images he is surrounded by several police officers, in others he appears to be fleeing or lying on the ground. These images are shared on various social media platforms such as TikTok , Facebook or Twitter , often without the important disclaimer that they are not real but were created using artificial intelligence (AI).
Some users can recognize this even without this notice. For example, one TikTok user commented: “This will never happen, ever.” But others seem to believe the scenes are real: "They know he's going to be president again, so they're making sure that doesn't happen," one comment said.
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Eliot Higgins uses AI images to create alleged arrest of Donald Trump
The images purporting to show Donald Trump's arrest were created by Eliot Higgins and posted on Twitter. Higgins is a journalist and founder of the research network Bellingcat. On March 20, he posted the photos on Twitter and wrote, "Creating pictures of Trump's arrest while waiting for Trump's arrest." A Twitter user asked Higgins which "engine" he used, to which the journalist replied: "Midjourney v5." Midjourney is software for creating images with AI. In recent days, Higgins has released images generated by the software not only showing the arrest, but also ones showing Trump in the courtroom or even in prison.
False arrest images of Trump: How a journalist plays with AI software
However, it is obvious that the images are not real as a quick check of recent news shows that the former US President is not currently in prison. Trump is currently in the sights of the US justice system as the New York prosecutor's office is investigating him for hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Although Higgins' publication is obviously a fake, the timing may not be coincidental: Trump had announced in advance that he would be arrested on Tuesday, March 21, according to media reports. However, this did not happen.
If you look closely, you can also see various details in the alleged arrest photos of Trump that prove they are inauthentic. Trump is missing a hand in one picture, an arm in another and he is even wearing a police uniform in a third. Eliot Higgins later told the AP that he wanted to use these images to show the strengths and weaknesses of AI software - and that he expected people to recognize such flaws.
Tips for checking the authenticity of photos: How to identify manipulated or AI-created images
Below are some tips that can help detect manipulated or AI-generated photos:
- Search for potential media coverage of the event to verify that it occurred as depicted in the image.
- Look for inconsistencies and details in the image, such as unusual shadows or perspectives, missing body parts, or other anomalies.
- Try to find the original source of the image and, if necessary, use a reverse image search (tutorial: HERE ) to check whether the image has already been used in other contexts or whether it may have been manipulated.
Source: Corrective
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