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Presidential candidate Donald Trump has finally spoken out about the fake AI image of Taylor Swift that was used to endorse him.
Trump, 78, shared the aforementioned images on his social media pages, apparently under the impression that they were from Swift, 34, or her campaign. Fox Business If he was afraid that Swift would sue him, Trump seemed unfazed by the idea, and further claimed he knew nothing about the AI image, though he later said he learned it wasn’t Swift’s work.
“I don’t know anything about them other than somebody created them,” Trump said. “I didn’t create them. Somebody came out and said, oh, look at this. These are all created by other people. AI is always very dangerous in that way. It’s happening to me. They’re getting me to talk. I’m talking perfectly, absolutely perfectly about AI. And then I’m endorsing other products and stuff. That’s where it gets a little dangerous.”
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Swift herself has not commented on the images, but a musician reportedly threatened him with a cease and desist order earlier this week. The warning came from Beyoncé after a Trump campaign video featured a clip from her collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, “Freedom,” from her 2016 album, “Lemonade.”
However, Beyoncé has reportedly given permission for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign to use “Freedom.”
This isn’t the first time Swift’s likeness has been used: in 2016, Kanye West used a stand-in for her in his music video for “Famous,” and last year, Swift reportedly considered legal action after AI images of her engaged in sex acts were circulated online.
