{"id":183492,"date":"2026-02-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/ai-altered-photos-and-videos-of-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:15:10","slug":"ai-altered-photos-and-videos-of-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/ai-altered-photos-and-videos-of-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-altered photos and videos of Minneapolis shootings blur reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-altered-photos-videos-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality-rcna256552\">AI-altered photos and videos of Minneapolis shootings blur reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-altered-photos-videos-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality-rcna256552\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-altered-photos-videos-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality-rcna256552<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-01 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nbcnews.com\">www.nbcnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The internet has seen a proliferation of AI-manipulated images and videos about Alex Pretti\u2019s fatal shooting, complicating the understanding of the incident.<\/li>\n<li>Some AI-generated depictions closely mimic real photos, leading to confusion and misinformation among social media users.<\/li>\n<li>A manipulated image showing an ICE officer without a head, resembling Pretti, was displayed by Sen. Dick Durbin during a Senate speech, highlighting the error\u2019s reach.<\/li>\n<li>Despite being recognized as AI-edited, the manipulated image has garnered over 9 million views on X.<\/li>\n<li>Experts warn that the presence of crudely AI-generated content can foster distrust in genuine media and contribute to what&#8217;s known as the &#8220;liar\u2019s dividend,&#8221; where false claims undermine accountability and truth.<\/li>\n<li>Despite clear evidence from multiple verified videos, some users mistakenly claim that legitimate footage of Pretti&#8217;s altercation and death is AI-generated.<\/li>\n<li>The general unavailability of reliable tools to differentiate AI-generated content from real footage exacerbates misinformation.<\/li>\n<li>The increase in AI-mediated mis\/disinformation reflects broader trends in which advanced AI blurs the line between reality and fabrication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-altered photos and videos of Minneapolis shootings blur reality https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-altered-photos-videos-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality-rcna256552 Publish Date: 2026-02-01 05:00:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-01\/260129-ALEX-PRETTI-MINNEAPOLIS-PROTEST-FAKE-IMAGE-CS-d401a2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183494,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183492\/revisions\/183494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}