Trump Says He’s Afraid of AI After Sharing AI-Images of a Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement

On Sunday, Donald Trump shared an AI-generated representation of Taylor Swift successful the benignant of an Uncle Sam propaganda poster. In the picture, Swift pointed astatine the assemblage and told fans to ballot for Trump.

On Wednesday, Fox Business asked Trump if helium was disquieted if Swift would writer him.

“I don’t cognize thing astir them different than idiosyncratic other generated them, I didn’t make them,” helium said of the pictures helium shared connected his idiosyncratic relationship connected the website helium owns. “Somebody came out, they said ‘Oh look astatine this’, these were each made up by different people. AI is ever precise unsafe successful that way.”

Former President Trump connected the AI-generated images of Taylor Swift: “I don't cognize thing astir them different than idiosyncratic other generated them.” pic.twitter.com/gBEzxx4L4o

— Grady Trimble (@Grady_Trimble) August 21, 2024

Trump complained that he, himself, has besides been the unfortunate of misrepresentation astatine the hands of AI.

“It’s happening with maine too,” helium said. “They’re having maine speak. I talk perfectly, I mean perfectly perfectly, connected AI—and I’m similar endorsing different products and things. It’s a small spot unsafe retired there.”

Swift is famously litigious and protectful of her image. As noted by 404 Media, Trump’s posts could beryllium amerciable successful states similar Tennessee. In March, the state’s politician signed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which protects the rights of artists from having their voices and likeness appropriated.

As of this writing, the images helium claims to cognize thing astir are inactive up connected his Truth Social page.

Trump expressed fearfulness astir AI-generated images six months ago successful different Fox Business interview. He said it was “maybe the astir unsafe happening retired determination of thing due to the fact that there’s nary existent solution.”

“It is truthful scary,” helium said. “I saw idiosyncratic ripping maine disconnected the different time wherever they had maine making a code astir their product. I said, ‘I ne'er endorsed that product,’ and I’m telling you you can’t adjacent archer the difference. It looks similar I’m endorsing the product.”

The newsman expressed her shock. “You tin get that into wars and you tin get that into different things,” helium said. “Something has to beryllium done astir this and it has to beryllium done fast. And cipher truly knows what to do.”

His statements basal successful stark opposition to the Republican enactment platform. In 2023, pursuing a viewing of Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, Joe Biden got disquieted astir AI. He signed an executive order aimed astatine making AI safer and much trustworthy.

The 2024 GOP level outlines a program to repeal that enforcement order.

“We volition repeal Joe Biden’s unsafe Executive Order that hinders AI Innovation, and imposes Radical Leftwing ideas connected the improvement of this technology,” it said. “In its place, Republicans enactment AI Development rooted successful Free Speech and Human Flourishing.”

Six months ago, Trump bemoaned the deficiency of solutions to the AI problem. “The exertion is truthful bully and it’s truthful almighty that what you accidental successful the interrogation with you astir doesn’t substance anymore,” helium said. “They tin alteration things astir and nary 1 tin archer the difference. Even experts can’t archer the difference. This is simply a tremendous occupation successful presumption of security. This is simply a occupation that they amended get moving connected close now.”