特朗普“被捕照”在网上疯传!美媒辟谣,但是……
前几天,美国前总统特朗普声称自己面临起诉并“将于周二被捕”刷屏外媒。
如今,特朗普口中的“周二”已经到来,网络上也开始流传他“被捕”的图片。
有的贴文标着“突发新闻”(Breaking)的标签,称“特朗普今晨在曼哈顿被捕”。
还有的发布了类似场景图片,说特朗普在华盛顿特区被捕。
然而,这些图片却全都是人工智能生成(AI-generated),而非真实事件。不出意外,这些照片引发了网友的一场狂欢,但也有不少人误以为真。
US former president Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday that he was due to be arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday, and urged his supporters to “protest.”
Trump’s prediction didn’t pan out, but a flood of AI-generated images fulfilled his prophecy, going viral as an ironic joke, and misinterpreted by many as sincere.
包括美联社和路透社在内的外媒关注到相关问题,并且“辟谣”。
美联社:人工智能生成的特朗普被捕图片在社交媒体上流传
美联社称,照片系编造,特朗普并没有被捕。而制作这些图片的网友确认,这些都是由名为Midjourney的AI文-图生成器( text-to-image generator)制作的。网友发图纯粹是恶作剧。
The images are fabricated and Trump has not been arrested. The person who created many of the images circulating on social media confirmed they were produced using Midjourney, an artificial intelligence text-to-image generator, and first posted as parody.
福布斯的撰稿人甚至点评起这些图片,称它们夸张搞笑、充满戏剧性。图片中特朗普被执法者制服,奋力挣扎着。撰稿人称他个人最爱的是特朗普被一群警察追着跑的一张图。
The most popular images are hilariously dramatic, showing Trump tackled by law enforcement, winded during a struggle; my personal favorite shows Trump running away from his captors.
路透社报道称,第一个发布这些图片的网友名叫埃略特·希金斯(Eliot Higgins)。
The images were first shared by Eliot Higgins via Twitter.
他的帖子中也写道,“在等待特朗普被捕的时候制作了特朗普被捕的图片”。
这位网友还发布了一系列照片,里面有小特朗普、梅拉尼亚等人,也有特朗普“受审”和“铁窗泪”等场景。
面对网友的疑惑,希金斯还说明了自己在AI生成过程中发布的指令:
"Donald Trump falling over while getting arrested. Fibonacci Spiral. News footage."
“特朗普在被捕过程中摔倒。斐波那契螺旋设计原理。新闻报道画面。”
随后AI给出了下面的图片:
另有些媒体在报道这则新闻时,也是“看热闹不嫌事儿大”。比如福布斯网站就写道:
“刷屏的特朗普被捕图片都是假的(起码现在是)”
实际上,尽管特朗普没有被捕,但是纽约市警方确实为特朗普相关起诉做了准备。CNN报道称,纽约警方提前布置了监控摄像头,并在部分地区安排了栅栏障碍物等。
根据NBC纽约地方新闻网站的报道,纽约市警局的所有警察都被要求身着制服巡逻待命。而目前尚未公布起诉的审理时间安排。
21日,就在纽约警察加强安保之时,包括该市法院在内的多个部门遭受了“炸弹威胁”,且最后都被证实为“毫无根据的报案”。
As the NYPD prepared for potential unrest, the department and other NYC agencies received numerous bomb threats in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday morning -- and not just at the courthouses. All were determined to be unfounded.
除纽约警察外,美国首都华盛顿特区的国会山警察21日也在为可能发生的公共秩序混乱做准备,包括设置路障、增加警力等。
US Capitol Police (USCP) have already begun erecting barricades and calling in more manpower as a precaution.
根据美媒的说法,这是有史以来第一起针对美国前总统的刑事案件起诉。
An indictment in New York would mark an extraordinary turn in American history, making Trump the first former president to face a criminal charge.
来源:21世纪英文报 中新网 福布斯网站 CNN 美联社 路透社 福克斯新闻
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