When Elon Musk shared an image showing Kamala Harris Dressed as a ‘Communist Dictator’ on X last week, was quite obviously fake, as Harris is neither a communist nor, as far as we know, a Soviet cosplayer. And as many observers noted, the woman in the photo, possibly generated by X’s Grok tool, bore only a passing resemblance to the vice president.
“The AI is still unable to accurately portray Kamala Harris,” wrote one user on X. “Looks like they’re posting a random Latina.”
“Grock put old Eva Longoria in a fancy dress and called it quits,” quipped another, noting the photo’s “dictator” resemblance to Desperate wives star.
“AI simply CAN’T copy Kamala Harris,” another posted. “Unbelievable how much the algorithm fails on an AMERICAN (of South Indian and Jamaican heritage).”
Many AI images of Harris are just as bad. Meanwhile, a tweet featuring AI generated video showing Harris and Donald Trump in a romantic relationship — culminating in her holding their love child, who looks like Trump — has nearly 28 million views on X. During the montage, Harris morphs into what appear to be different people while significantly better Trump images remain fairly consistent.
Grok is different from some high-profile AI image generators in that it allows users to create fake photos of political figures. Earlier this year, Midjourney began blocking its users from creating images of Trump and President Joe Biden. (The ban also extended to Harris.) The move followed the release of a report from the Center to Counter Digital Hate, which found the tool could be used to generate a range of politically charged images.
