Former President Donald Trump has warned that artificial intelligence (A.I.) is “very dangerous for our country” in a post on Truth Social. Trump’s comments came after AI-generated, fake images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein surfaced online, peddled by Hollywood “celebrities” attempting to deflect attention from the habits of their own friends and colleagues.
“This is what the Democrats do to their Republican Opponent, who is leading them, by a lot, in the Polls. This is A.I., and it is very dangerous for our Country!” wrote Trump. “I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island. Strong Laws ought to be developed against A.I. It will be a big and very dangerous problem in the future!”
Trump’s comments were posted along with an article from the Daily Mail about Mark Ruffalo, who reposted fake, A.I.-generated images of Trump on Epstein’s plane on X and criticized X CEO Elon Musk for allowing such material to proliferate on the social media site.
Although Trump’s name appeared in court documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, the documents revealed that Trump never traveled on Epstein’s plane nor visited his private island. Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim whose lawsuit led to the ongoing unsealing of names of the convicted sex offender’s associates, testified that she never witnessed Trump commit any wrongdoing.