Tinubu-Kagame photo……X, AI goofed — Presidency
The Nigerian Presidency has reacted that X and Artificial Intelligence goofed when it described the photograph of President Bola Tinubu and President Paul Kagame as AI generated.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, made this known to reporters.
Ajayi, who spoke on Monday, said the photograph was real.
He, however, said that it was taken with a phone and had to be worked on with an AI tool to make it usable by the media and for social media platforms.
He explained that with President Tinubu on a private visit in Paris, France, there was no official photographer with him, hence the resort to phone usage.
In an explanation he later offered on a WhatsApp group, Ajayi said: “The narrative that the picture of Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame taken in Paris yesterday was AI generated is not correct.
“The Vanguard report and social media comments that followed are misrepresentations of facts.
“The picture is real and not AI generated as claimed.
“Both President Kagame and President Tinubu met in Paris had lunch together on Sunday (yesterday).
“They both later had dinner with President Macron same yesterday evening.
“The picture was taken with a phone and obviously had poor quality.
“The photographer only later used Grok to improve the picture quality.
“That is not a reason to conclude it was AI generated.
“The writer or editor should have asked questions before this wrong conclusion.”
