cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/44516936
The account is an example of how artificial intelligence is being used to push political agendas in wartime
MAGA has been swooning over photos of a blonde U.S. Army soldier, walking defiantly alongside President Donald Trump to carry out the America First agenda. But there’s just one problem — she’s AI.
Images most likely generated by artificial intelligence depicted Jessica Foster wearing heels on a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz, posing for selfies with Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and giving a speech at the president’s “Board of Peace” event earlier this year.
The account, which has since been taken down, gained more than one million followers since its mysterious creator started posting on it four months ago, The Washington Post reports.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
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What a dumpster fire of a website.
_druid@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Where she’s standing does not exist on any warship. It’s like she’s just aft of midships, on the port side, on an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, but the bridge is facing the wrong way. The fact that military related entities looked at that and thought it was fine to publish is even more laughable.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I’m gonna go out on a limb and reach for it… and say that on a LST, that platform exists… but considering the time, those ships are all decommissioned
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
That even ignores the even more egregious fact that she was supposedly Army. How many Army personnel are usually on Navy ships?
There are exceptions of course, and any number of possible explanations. But just that off the bat should make you pause for a second since it’s weird.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Damn, I thought they started with a real photo and added her in.
AI is getting better all the time.
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
personally I block all autoplay even if muted
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
That outfit is not proper army attire. It’s like the AI saw J.A.G and said yep. That’s exactly real
Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The AI didn’t think. The person making the prompt did.
obinice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What I hate most about the Independent these days is that they’re a UK news agency for UK news reporting, but seem to want to heavily report on local USA news now.
Not just big international news worthy stuff, but lots of small local area USA news.
I’ll see some headline that sounds serious, only to open it and find it’s not referring to events in the UK at all, but in the USA, which is entirely irrelevant to me.
Not sure why they pivoted to being a US news company, but I’m sick of it, so they’re on my blacklist now.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I get it, but much of our media has been captured by MAGA loyalists, and has become part of the Conservative Propaganda Network.
As an American, I appreciate the Independent’s non-American perspective and coverage. Before long, we won’t be able to get ANY unbiased news in America, and we’ll have to count on foreign news coverage.
It’s actually a great business opportunity for media like the Independent. They should develop an entire division just to cover American news from an independent perspective. American media is becoming increasingly suppressed.
thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
My internet news peeve is seeing links to UK news hosted on MSN via something like msn.com/us/global/uk, and because I’m accessing from the UK, it sends me to the homepage.