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General public of Venezuela

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 13332 Report
Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

2026-01-03

Following the January 2026 U.S. raid and arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, purportedly AI-generated images and videos circulated widely on platforms including X, reportedly depicting Maduro in fabricated scenarios. NewsGuard identified at least seven manipulated or synthetic visuals reaching over 14 million views, including AI-generated photos detected via Google Gemini's SynthID watermark.

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Unknown social media account operators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Unknown disinformation actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Unknown image generator developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Google

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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xAI

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Nicolás Maduro

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Unknown image generators

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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Google Gemini

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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xAI Grok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1333
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X

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