An image of using a cap of (Agency for International Development) is false. It is possible to identify in content a water brand of Grok, X artificial intelligence chatbot, which indicates that the media was created digitally.
In addition to the indication of the tool, the image has characteristic errors of AI -created content. In the USAID logo, for example, the letters that should form “United States Agency International Development” are unreadable. There are also distortions on the face: the lower lip is crooked and the tip on the nose, blurred. The Hive Moderation tool, which claims to detect the use of AI in media, concluded that there is 99.7% chance that the image was generated by technology.
The figure was created in the middle, an agency responsible for 40% of the world’s humanitarian aid programs. The crisis began when two high USAID officials, headed by Musk. They were placed on a license forced by the government after the episode.
On February 2, in an X post on the same day at a press conference, Trump said the agency is. “
False, to prove it, is the content invented or that has suffered editions to change its original and deliberate way to spread a falsehood.
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The investigation of this content was done by Estadão and published on February 7, 2025 by Proof, a coalition that brings together 42 vehicles in the checking of viral content. It was checked by Folha, the popular, AFP and Tatu Agency.
