Midjourney is creating Donald Trump pictures when asked for images of 'the president of the United States'

Midjourney is generating images of Trump despite its self-imposed ban on creating images of Trump and Biden ahead of the US presidential election.

: Midjourney, an AI image generator, is producing Trump images despite its stated ban. Engadget's tests revealed various Trump images when asked for the president. This loophole raises concerns about the effectiveness of Midjourney's guardrails.

Midjourney is producing images of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, despite stating that it would block such requests ahead of the US presidential election. When prompted for images of 'the president of the United States', Midjourney generated four images of Trump, and it created more Trump images when asked for 'the next president of the United States' and 'the current president of the United States'.

The only time Midjourney refused to generate Trump or Biden images was when asked directly by name. This raises issues because other AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini, and Meta AI did not create images of Trump or Biden even after multiple prompts.

Further scrutiny revealed that Midjourney's content moderation policies are easily circumvented, as seen in tests by the Center for Countering Digital Hate where 40% of the attempts to create misleading images of politicians succeeded. This laxity challenges the assertions made by Midjourney's CEO, David Holz, who indicated a stricter approach during election periods.

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