On March 23, Trump shared what appeared to be a picture of himself praying. AFP did not find the photo elsewhere online through a reverse image search, and US business magazine Forbes pointed out visual discrepancies within the photo. Del Walker, a senior character artist for the video game developer Naughty Dog, told AFP that distorted faces and limbs, gibberish text, "hypersmooth" skin, and objects with odd features are all signs of AI manipulation. But he cautioned that such red flags "can be improved in future AI updates or easily edited in image editing software." "The only real kryptonite for AI is skepticism and scrutiny of all images," Walker said. DiResta of the Stanford Internet Observatory agreed.
