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Donald Trump falsely claimed on Aug. 11 that a photo from Kamala Harris’s Aug. 7 Detroit-area rally was AI-generated. The rally was real, the crowd was real, and campaign photos and video matched the scene on the ground.
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Donald Trump falsely claimed on Aug. 11 that a photo from Kamala Harris’s Aug. 7 Detroit-area rally was AI-generated. The rally was real, the crowd was real, and campaign photos and video matched the scene on the ground.
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Donald Trump falsely claimed on Aug. 11 that a photo from Kamala Harris’s Aug. 7 Detroit-area rally was AI-generated. The rally was real, the crowd was real, and campaign photos and video matched the scene on the ground.
Kamala Harris’s Aug. 7 rally near Detroit drew a large crowd, and on Aug. 11 Donald Trump falsely claimed a photo from the event had been made with AI. Reporting and fact checks later showed the image was a real rally photo, supported by the original file, metadata, and other photos and video from the event.
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