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FACT CHECK: Image That Appears To Show Janet Mills Being Arrested Is AI

Images featured in the video Share on Instagram It alleges that Janet Mills of the Democratic Maine government has been arrested.

Verdict: False

Content detection scans using the website Hive Moderation show that there is a 99.8% chance that the image was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). AI experts have rejected the reliability of the images via email to confirm your facts.

Fact check:

Mills compared President Donald Trump to French monarch Louis and after clashing with trans athletes, Boston Gloves. Mills also said that trans athletes participating in women’s sports are “deserving debate” by citing WMTW-CH. 8.

Over 700 likes at the time of writing! The Instagram video received features images claiming to show Mills allegedly arrested. A pair of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents can be seen on either side of Mills, who appear to be handcuffed.

“For F – K [censorship added] The series of text displayed above the image is read. “Maine Governor was arrested for protesting Trump. [sic] Law, “The second set of texts follows.

The claim is false. Check your facts that have been carried out Content detection scan Using the website “Hive Moderation”, the results show that there is a 99.8% chance that the image was generated by AI. According to the results of the same scan, Midjourney was probably the program used to create images.

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Similarly, Mills doesn’t appear to have published it press release Or a Social media statement Respond to the claim. Trump too it’s not publicly I commented About the claim.

Furthermore, check the facts found There are no reliable news reports It suggests that Mills has been recently arrested. In fact, the opposite is true. March 5th, Logically fact They exposed the claim and reported it was generated.

Additionally, Dr. Walter Scheirer, an AI expert at the University of Notre Dame, denied the reliability of the images in an email to confirm your facts.

“This is an image generated using an AI image composition tool. It’s not photorealic, but rather cartoon instead. It contains a number of artifacts that don’t exist in the actual photo, such as the “FBI” being mistaken for the agent’s uniform, and other agents are handcuffed for no obvious reason,” Scheirer said.

Mills sparred with Trump at a recent governor’s meeting at the White House. Associated Press. Trump threatened to refuse federal funding to Maine after Mills suggested he would not comply with an executive order that prohibits transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, the outlet reported. (Related: Did Maine Governor Janet Mills say her state will stop paying federal taxes?)

Make sure your facts are contacting Mills’ office for comments.

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