It's weird that Russian tv is treating Trump this way, as they should be his number one fan. And maybe they still are, as even after his indictment they've hailed him as 'Destroyer of America' on Russian State TV, a very good thing in their estimation. So, for whatever reasons, their delight in putting Trump in an orange jumpsuit, resisting arrest, Trump in prison, etc is quite jarring.

Video above by Julia Davis.

Source: BBC

Russian television viewers today saw pictures of Donald Trump being arrested.

But there's one problem – they were fakes created by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

While the Russian channel noted that the former president has not yet been arrested, the images were presented out of context with no mention of their origin. The BBC has asked NTV for comment.

Computer generated images of his "arrest" appeared online at the beginning of last week when the former president said he was expecting to be indicted.

Generative AI, as the technology is called, makes it far easier to create convincing images of almost anything.

And the BBC added this bit of sick burn.

The images shared by NTV, originally created last week in a tongue-in-cheek Twitter thread by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins, give themselves away with unrealistic hands.

And some samples from that thread.

As well as several wearing the orange jumpsuit.