Post Shared by X It claims to show an American man carrying a gun at a fast food restaurant.
It should also not be allowed near fast food restaurants. pic.twitter.com/PMFSBUDc2u
— Joe G (@EastEndJoe) September 24, 2024
Verdict: False
Images are generated by artificial intelligence. It's not real.
Fact check:
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have announced new executive actions regarding firearms, including the creation of a task force to assess the dangers of unmanufactured 3D printed firearms. politiko.
Social media users are sharing images of Americans carrying guns at fast food restaurants. “They shouldn't even be allowed near fast food restaurants,” one user wrote.
However, this image was generated by AI. First, the text in the background of the image is unintelligible and unreadable. There is no clear indication of what fast food restaurant this is, and the barrel of the rifle is larger than expected.
Check Your Fact is also used hive moderationdetect images created by AI. Hive Moderation found that this image has a 99.9% chance of being AI-generated or deepfake content, adding further evidence that this image is fake.
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BBC Verify journalist Shayan Saradrizadeh said in a report on September 25 that the images were “AI generated”. Tweet. (Related: No, Kamala Harris wasn't drunk during her speech)
It's nowhere, dude. It was generated by AI. pic.twitter.com/pLDyTkTCwk
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) September 25, 2024
“It's nowhere to be found, dude. It's AI generated,” Sardarizadeh tweeted.
