The Presidency has denied claims that an AI-generated image was used to depict a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame.
The controversy emerged after images allegedly showing Tinubu meeting Kagame in Paris went viral on social media, with observers suggesting the photos might have been produced using artificial intelligence.
The images, circulated widely on Sunday, carried a watermark from Grok, a generative AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company, xAI, prompting questions about their authenticity.
Gossip NewsNow reports that the meeting was initially highlighted by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a Facebook post.
Responding on Monday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, clarified that the image was not AI-generated. He explained that the photographer merely used Grok to enhance the picture’s quality.
Ajayi stated:
“The claim that the picture of Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame taken in Paris yesterday was AI generated is not correct.
The media report and social media commentary misrepresent the facts.
The photograph is real and was not AI-generated.
Presidents Kagame and Tinubu met for lunch on Sunday and later attended dinner with President Macron that evening.
The image was captured with a phone, resulting in lower quality. The photographer subsequently used Grok to improve the clarity. This does not mean the photo was AI-generated.
Proper verification should have been done before reaching such a conclusion.”
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