First Lady Melania Trump’s latest Twitter posts were “likely to be written entirely,” by artificial intelligence, according to GPTZero, a tool developed to determine whether text was generated by AI.
“News organizations have made assumptions about the former First Lady’s stance on subjects that are personal, professional, and political over the past few weeks. In these articles, unnamed sources are cited to bolster the author’s claims,” said the post.
“We ask readers to exercise caution and good judgment when determining whether or not stories concerning the former First Lady are accurate, particularly when they fail to cite Mrs. Trump as a source of information,” added a follow up.
Reports about Melania Trump’s supposed whereabouts and her alleged feelings about her husband, former President Donald Trump, have been circulating for months. These reports have noted that the former first lady has remained relatively low-profile since Trump announced his presidential candidacy in November and since he was indicted on federal charges.
Trump’s indictment is linked to an alleged “hush money” deal to pay off adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who he allegedly had an affair with during his relationship with Melania.
Just this week, there was a report that Trump was “begging” his wife to be seen with him. Insider also noted Thursday that Melania has been “exceedingly private,” in a report about whether she might be “forced to the forefront of her husband's criminal defense on felony charges – if the case ever makes it to trial.”
On Saturday, an MSNBC report noted that Melania wasn’t present when Trump was arraigned on 34 criminal charges in New York last week or later that day when he made a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. However, Melania was recently seen with her husband at Mar-a-Lago on Easter. Two days later, the message was posted on Twitter.
While GPTZero determined that the text was likely AI generated, the tool is not always accurate, according to Futurism.
“In spite of the storm of breathless coverage, though, our testing found that while GPTZero does accurately identify whether text was generated by ChatGPT more accurately than if it was just randomly guessing, it's also often wrong,” said the outlet.
Slate first reported on the possible AI-origins of Melania’s post. In addition to GPTZero, it cited ZeroGPT, which determined the text was “human written” when Audacy ran a check. Crossplag, another AI detection tool, also determined it written by a human.
Melania has outsourced material in the past, according to Slate, which referenced a speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention that “included language copied from a speech Michelle Obama had given in 2008.”
Regarding the recent AI speculation, “Melania’s office declined to comment,” according to Queerty.
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