Purportedly AI-Altered Images Reportedly Distort Evidence After Minneapolis Shooting of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti
Date: 2026-01-24
Affected: Google, Information Manipulation Actors, Partisan Online Accounts, Pro Trump Social Media Influencers, Unidentified Social Media Users
Attack vector: rce
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1358: Purportedly AI-Altered Images Reportedly Distort Evidence After Minneapolis Shooting of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti. Alleged deployer/developer: Google, Information Manipulation Actors, Partisan Online Accounts, Pro Trump Social Media Influencers, Unidentified Social Media Users. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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