Donald Trump Aimed at AI Taylor Swift for Political Images: "I am not familiar with them."
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The former president and Republican presidential candidate for 2024 discussed
his recent social media posts that he believed to have included Swift imagery
created by artificial intelligence to promote his campaign during an interview
with Fox News that was published on Wednesday.
Grady Trimble, a Fox Business contributor, asked Trump whether he was
"worried" that the pop artist would sue him. Trump replied that he
didn't know where the photos came from, even though they were uploaded to Truth
Social over the weekend.
"Aside from the fact that someone else created them, I don't know anything
about them. "I did not create them," Trump declared, declining to
identify the picture's originator. "These were all made-up by other parties
According
to Trump, artificial intelligence is "always very dangerous in that
way," noting his personal encounters with impersonators.
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He said, "It's happening to me too." "They’re having me speak –
I speak perfectly, absolutely perfectly – on AI, and I’m endorsing other
products and things."
"Swifties for Trump is a massive movement that grows bigger every single
day," said Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung in a statement to Fox NewsDigital. "While Kamala Harris is guilty as sin for all the hurt she has
caused every American," Cheung said.
A Trump campaign spokesperson has been contacted by USA TODAY for comment.
Artificial
intelligence-generated pictures of Trump have already made the rounds on social
media. These pictures including fabricated photos feature the former
president being led by a mob along a street adorned with American flags, having
a picnic with Black followers, and being brought into police custody.
See also: Donald Trump shares phony Swifties and
Taylor Swift endorsements on Twitter using AI imagery
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DONALD TRUMP POSTS A FICTITIOUS
TAYLOR SWIFT ENDORSEMENT.
Even
though Taylor Swift has already expressed her distaste for the Republican
nominee, on Sunday Trump came to Truth Social and shared a number of allegedly
AI-generated photos that seemed to suggest Swifties and her support for his
campaign.
One depiction of Swift as Uncle Sam said, "Taylor wants you to vote for
Donald Trump," while another, which appeared to be created by AI and was
labeled as comedy, said, "Swifties turning to Trump after ISIS foiled
Taylor Swift concert." The latter picture alluded to a possible terrorist
plot that was hatched for Swift's performance in Vienna earlier this month.
Austrian authorities blocked the purported attempt with assistance from U.S.
officials.
Mixed real and artificial intelligence images were used in the photos,
including Swifties for Trump fans that resembled the actual group MAGASwifties.
Politics
and pop stars: The Trump campaign removes a video following reports Stop and
desist was sent by Beyoncé.It
What political beliefs does Taylor Swift hold?
Swift's publicist Tree Paine warned her that Trump would target her during the conversation about her endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen, D-Tenn. Swift joked, "I don't care. If I get bad press for saying, 'Don't put a homophobic racist in office,' then I get bad press for that." The exchange led to Swift's Oct. 7, 2018, Instagram post, in which she advised her followers not to vote for Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. (Blackburn was ultimately elected to the U.S. Senate.)
The artist of "I Can Do it With a Broken Heart" has not backed a presidential contender for 2024. She did, however, share some political views in her 2020 Netflix documentary "Miss Americana."
Swift said in her letter that she "cannot support Marsha Blackburn" because "her voting record in Congress terrifies and appalls me."
Following up with a litany of Blackburn's positions on matters like LGBTQ+ rights and women's safety, Swift responded, "These are not MY Tennessee values."
"I
used to be afraid to express my political views in public, but after a number
of life-changing experiences over the last two years, I now feel strongly
differently about it. Her caption said, "I have always voted and I will
vote based on which candidate will uphold and defend the human rights I think
we all deserve in this country."
