An original still image (left) from an eyewitness video shows the masked ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good. Users on social media "unmasked" the agent using Grok (right). Experts warn that AI cannot "unmask" individuals. NPR is publishing both images to show how AI is being used to manipulate images of news events.

While the agent wore a mask in videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many social media posts. That image appeared to have been generated by xAI’s generative AI chatbot, Grok.

(Image credit: Screenshots by NPR/Image by Courtney Theophin)

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