The image of President Bola Tinubu meeting with Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, was generated through artificial intelligence (AI) and also shared via his official X page.
According to Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu and President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame met at a private lunch in Paris, where they discussed world affairs and advancing Africa.
GrokAI badge could be seen in the picture of the meeting shared on Tinubu’s page on X, on Sunday.
However, it’s unclear why the image was generated through artificial intelligence (AI).
Tinubu’s Aide Replies
STOP PRESS
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 misrepresentation 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.
Temitope Ajayi
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity