Rapidly generated, high-quality images complicate verification workflows and can spur viral misinformation around diplomatic events. An official from Thailand’s foreign ministry told AFP that an image circulating online and purporting to show French President Emmanuel Macron kneeling before King Maha Vajiralongkorn was AI-generated. AFP’s Factcheck ran the picture through OpenAI’s image verification tool, which it reports determined the image was “generated with OpenAI tools.” Arab News, citing AFP, reported a Thai-language Facebook post of…
