"AI-powered enhancement has a tendency to hallucinate facial details leading to an enhanced image that may be visually clear, but that may also be devoid of reality with respect to biometric identification,"
"We are currently monitoring a coordinated online disinformation campaign incorrectly identifying the ICE agent involved in yesterday's shooting. To be clear, the ICE agent has no known affiliation with the Star Tribune."
"I never go by 'Steve,' And then, of course, I'm not in Minnesota. I don't work for ICE, and I have, you know, 20 inches of hair on my head, but whatever."
A fatal shooting in Minneapolis led to circulation of an image purporting to show an unmasked ICE agent although eyewitness videos show the agent wearing a mask. Users on X prompted xAI's chatbot Grok to "unmask" the agent, and the resulting AI-generated image spread online alongside the name Steve Grove. Digital-imaging experts warn that AI "enhancement" can hallucinate facial details, producing images unsuitable for reliable biometric identification. The AI-generated image and the attached name triggered harassment of at least two unrelated men named Steve or Steven Grove. Media outlets reported and monitored the resulting disinformation campaign.
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