{
  "id": 18373075,
  "title": "Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/journalist-admits-she-used-ai-to-edit-photo-smearing-democrat-voters",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-05T20:49:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/journalist-admits-ai-photo-smear-democrat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Journalist Olivia Reingold, a staff writer for conservative media outlet The Free Press, has admitted to using AI to edit a photo in her coverage of an election night party of Michigan Democrats. The post, which seemed to criticize the Democrats for being wealthy and disconnected from the working class, was initially mocked for being frivolous and out of touch. However, upon closer inspection, the image was found to have a glossy sheen characteristic of AI image generation. Reingold later admitted to using ChatGPT to brighten and sharpen the image of a woman wearing designer items. This raises questions about the ethics of altering photos in journalism and the potential for AI to introduce false information. Even basic photo touch-ups, while permissible, should not be used to create a misleading or disingenuous representation of reality.",
  "summary": "\"Actual journalists don't do this.\" The post Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters appeared first on Futurism .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}