AI images and internet rumors spread confusion about ICE agent involved in shooting

An original still image from an eyewitness video shows the masked ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good (Left). Users on social media “unmasked” the agent using Grok (Right). Experts warn AI cannot “unmask” individuals. NPR is publishing both images to show how AI is being used to manipulate images of news events. Screenshots by NPR/Image by Courtney Theophin/NPR

Screenshots by NPR/Image by Courtney Theophin/NPR

In the hours after a fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37, in Minneapolis, an image of the ICE agent who took the shots began to circulate.

While the agent wore a mask in eyewitness videos

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