Trump falsely claims Harris campaign used AI to fake crowd in Detroit
CBSN
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday falsely claimed Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign lied about a crowd attending her Aug. 7 rally in Detroit, Michigan. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said a photo of the crowd was created using artificial intelligence and that the crowd in fact "didn't exist."
However, numerous videos from the event at Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport show a large crowd attended, and the videos show a crowd similar to the one seen in the photo. Local reporters for the news site MLive estimated 15,000 people were present as Air Force Two arrived. Similar photos were also taken by news agencies covering the event, including Reuters and Getty Images.
The photo Trump questioned was posted to X by a Michigan campaign staffer for Harris, who said he received it from a colleague. CBS News has reached out to the Harris campaign to ask whether someone on the campaign took the photograph and to request an original copy of the photograph for analysis.
