Tinubu, Kagame Paris Lunch Photo Not AI-generated — Presidency

The Presidency has reacted to viral reports about the authenticity of a photo showing President Bola Tinubu and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, at a lunch in Paris on Sunday, saying the image was not AI-generated as being bandied around.

A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, on Monday morning, to counter the media reports (not LEADERSHIP) suggesting that the photo released by the Presidency about Tinubu’s engagement with Kagame in Paris was AI-generated because of the Grok watermark on the image, said the narrative was “not correct.”

“The media 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).

“The two leaders 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,” Ajayi stated.