'Misrepresent reality': AI-altered shooting image surfaces in US Senate

Washington, United States: An AI enhanced image depicting the moments before immigration agents shot an American nurse ricocheted across the internet...

Washington, United States: An AI-enhanced image depicting the moments before immigration agents shot an American nurse ricocheted across the internet -- and also made its way onto the hallowed floor of the US Senate.

Social media platforms are awash with graphic footage from the moment US agents shot and killed 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide outrage.

One frame from the grainy footage was digitally altered using artificial intelligence, AI experts told AFP.

The manipulated image, which purports to show Pretti surrounded by officers as one points a gun at his head, spread rapidly across Instagram, Facebook, X, and Threads.

It contained several digital distortions, including a headless agent.