Does this photo show a real person described as a "liberal" in some social media posts vandalizing a Cybertruck? No, that's not true: The picture of the half-naked person dressed in weird rainbow colored clothes is ai generated. It originated from an account on X that says it publishes "trustworthy fake news & memes".
The image appeared in a post on X (archived here) where it was published on March 22, 2025 with a caption that read:
You see this guy vandalizing a Cybertruck. What do you do?
This is the post in question:
You see this guy vandalizing a Cybertruck. What do you do? pic.twitter.com/AqyhzKV7cc
-- Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) March 22, 2025
The account that originally posted the image (archived here) had a bio that reads:
I am 𝕏's #1 fart Influencer 💨
🎪 Join my circus and let's laugh at the world's current absurdities together! | 🎭 Trustworthy fake news & memes
Online AI detection tool Hive Moderation determined that the image was 98.2 percent likely "likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content," as shown in the screenshot below:
(Image source: Hive results obtained by Lead Stories on March 23, 2025 at 12:47:50 UTC)
There were several other elements in the image that are inconsistent with the exterior of an actual Tesla Cybertruck:
(Image credit: left: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, collage created by Lead Stories on March 23, 2025 at 12:56:48 UTC)
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