00:00How The Epstein Files Prompted a Swarm of AI Photos of US and European Politicians
00:06Were you fooled by AI-generated photos of The Epstein Files?
00:13The US Justice Department has released more than 3 million pages of files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
00:20Across social media, mounting speculation and unanswered questions around Epstein's activities have opened the door to disinformation about the rich and powerful across the globe.
00:32Images such as this one allegedly showing New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani alongside his mother Mira Nair, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have spread across the internet.
00:44But off the back of inconsistencies in these photos, we decided to run the image through Google Gemini, which detected a Synth ID.
00:52This invisible watermark was developed by Google to identify AI content generated with its tools.
00:59Mamdani's name is mentioned in the files five times, all connected to newspaper clippings rather than any potential wrongdoing.
01:06These images began to emerge after Mamdani's mother, Mira Nair, was mentioned in the Epstein Files, in relation to an after-party for her film Amelia, which was hosted at Ghislaine Maxwell's New York townhouse, in 2009.
01:19The messages indicate Epstein did not attend the screening.
01:23Another fake image of Epstein with his arms around Rethorm UK leader Nigel Farage spread across social media.
01:29It was even shared by a local branch of the UK's governing Labour Party.
01:33When we put the image through AI generators, they were unable to give a conclusive response.
01:39But in the millions of files, there is also no evidence that Farage and Epstein directly corresponded or met.
01:44And on closer look, the lighting of the image appears illogical.
01:48Labour has also since deleted the photo after realising it was AI generated.
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