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Google’s SynthID system has been used to debunk a high-profile AI-generated fake image, in a rare but significant victory for the system. Earlier this week, an image circulated online that appeared to show Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. The image was widely shared