Posts claiming South Korean leader doctored Trump picture use AI-generated image

Posts claiming that a photo involving South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump was doctored spread after Lee shared an image following the G7 summit. Social media users falsely alleged AI manipulation and linked the supposed earlier picture to Lee’s replacement by jailed leader Yoon Suk Yeol. The article notes that elements of the image, including clothing and the restaurant décor where the two dined, matched other photos taken at the summit and its venue, while detection tools flagged a different “earlier” Trump-Yoon image as AI-generated. A spokesperson for South Korea’s presidential office told AFP on June 19 that the photo was authentic and not AI-generated. A search of X for posts attributed to Yoon on April 30, 2023 found no relevant entries.