Description: Following the fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, social media accounts reportedly circulated images purported to have been altered by AI, reportedly distorting evidence of the incident by portraying Pretti as threatening law enforcement and altering the presence of weapons. The images reportedly misidentified individuals and helped reinforce partisan narratives by purportedly obscuring verified video and eyewitness accounts.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google developed an AI system deployed by Pro-Trump social media influencers , Unidentified social media users , Partisan online accounts and Unknown disinformation actors, which harmed Alex Pretti , Family of Alex Pretti and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI system: Gemini
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1358
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-01-24
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Across social media, pro-Trump influencers and others muddled the evidence of the killing of a nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday with social media posts that included misdirection and fabricated content.
While verified videos and witnesses s…
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