On May 17, 2026, Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself walking with an alien on his Truth Social account. The image was posted shortly after the Department of War released UFO files on May 8, 2026. An online detection tool rated the photo as AI-generated, and the Hive Moderation AI-Generated Content Detection tool concluded the image was 98.8% likely to be AI-generated.
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On May 17, 2026, Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself walking with an alien on his Truth Social account. The image was posted shortly after the Department of War released UFO files on May 8, 2026. An online detection tool rated the photo as AI-generated, and the Hive Moderation AI-Generated Content Detection tool concluded the image was 98.8% likely to be AI-generated.