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Donald Trump’s AI streak continues \u2014 and now, the Swifties are getting concerned.<\/p>\n
Hours after sharing an AI-generated image<\/a>\u00a0of vice chairman Kamala Harris main a pretend communist rally, the previous president took to Truth Social<\/a> to “settle for” a fabricated endorsement from Taylor Swift and her clans of followers often known as the Swifties.<\/p>\n “I settle for!” Trump captioned the put up, which featured numerous screenshots of X-formerly-Twitter posts that mixed actual photographs of 1 Trump-supporting Swift fan \u2014 a 19-year-old who, according to Wired<\/em><\/a>, has bought six “Swifties for Trump” shirts on Etsy \u2014 with a number of photographs of uncanny valley-esque younger ladies bearing telltale indicators of AI technology.<\/p>\n One included picture was that of a pretend Swift herself depicted as Uncle Sam, captioned “TAYLOR WANTS YOU TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.”<\/p>\n One of many posts, a pretend article saying that Swifties had joined the Trump motion following a foiled ISIS plot<\/a> to bomb an Eras Tour live performance in Austria, was marked with the phrase “SATIRE” in capital letters. Different pretend photographs included within the lineup, nevertheless, weren’t marked as pretend or AI-generated. A number of screenshots additionally got here from a right-wing poster who regularly<\/a> shares misinformation.<\/p>\n To be clear, Swift has but to endorse both candidate within the 2024 race, however backed the Biden-Harris marketing campaign in 2020 by way of cookies<\/a>. And in any case, it is unclear what Trump was actually even making an attempt to do right here, in addition to incur the wrath of some Swifties \u2014 which some are pointing out<\/a>\u00a0won’t have been the neatest political transfer contemplating their big reputation<\/a> for being intense<\/a> and influential.<\/p>\n “Swifties, now’s your probability to destroy Trump and AI in a single fell swoop,” one X user wrote<\/a>. “You have been made for this. You’re the military we’d like.”<\/p>\n swifties, now’s your probability to destroy trump and AI in a single fell swoop. you have been made for this. you’re the military we’d like https:\/\/t.co\/EjEZRuz7OG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 devon giehl\ud83d\udc00ratmaker (@devongiehl) August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Quite a few Swift followers took to X to denounce the alleged “Swifties for Trump” motion (which, additionally per Wired<\/em>, would not seem like a lot of an actual motion in any case).<\/p>\n “Actual Swifties hate Donald Trump btw,” wrote<\/a> one perturbed Swift fan, who added<\/a> in a follow-up that “you’ll be able to’t be a Swiftie and help convicted legal, that may’t co-exist.”<\/p>\n “‘Swifties for Trump’ clearly do not know who Taylor Swift HATES,” one other fan chimed in<\/a>, sharing a number of screenshots of actual Swift tweets from 2020 denouncing the previous president’s actions in the course of the Black Lives Matter protests and “calculated dismantling of the USPS” forward of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n Swift has but to weigh in on the possibly-illegal<\/a> fake endorsement. Within the meantime, relaxation assured, her followers are ready within the wings to come back to her protection.<\/p>\n Extra on AI and 2024: <\/strong>After Falsely Accusing Kamala Harris of Using AI, Donald Trump Posts AI Slop About Her on Twitter<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n
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