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Incident summary from the AI Incident Database, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
A fabricated image purporting to show U.S. President Donald Trump using a walker reportedly circulated widely on social media in mid-December 2025. Fact-checkers determined the image was AI-generated, citing visual anomalies and detection of Google's SynthID watermark. The image reportedly spread across multiple platforms and was shared by a political strategist, prompting public confusion and debunking by news outlets and AI detection tools.
Incident summary from the AI Incident Database, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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