The Rise of Deepfakes in Politics: Trump's Controversial AI Photo and Viral Arrest Images

Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself praying after several deepfakes of him being arrested had gone viral on social media. The former president appears to be getting in on the fun of sharing AI photos of himself after several of them had flooded online. The new image shared by Mr Trump also looks uncannily real at first glance, but signs of the shortcomings of artificial intelligence technology become apparent on a closer look. On Thursday, the Manhattan grand jury investigating Mr Trump over hush money payments delayed until next week any vote on the indictment of the former president.