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Here's a look at an assortment of six interesting Twitter accounts with GAN-generated faces. #TuesdayShenaniGANs
(GAN = "generative adversarial network", the AI technology used by thispersondoesnotexist.com to produce fake faces)
cc: @ZellaQuixote
(GAN = "generative adversarial network", the AI technology used by thispersondoesnotexist.com to produce fake faces)
cc: @ZellaQuixote
First up is @FarteenHu, an #ULTRAMAGA account with a GAN-generated face, a flatulence joke for a display name, and a bad habit of falsely claiming that COVID vaccines have killed over a million Americans. Note the unrealistic background, clothing, and headgear on the "face" pic. 
Next, we have @atouchofsnark, an automated account with a GAN-generated profile pic that apparently intends to vote for Hillary Clinton, who is not currently running for office. This account's tweets are highly repetitive and posted via a custom app called "A Touch Of Snark".
How did this tweet about "digital business cards" from an account with a GAN-generated face pic wind up getting a bunch of retweets from other accounts with GAN-generated faces? #TuesdayShenaniGANs
cc: @ZellaQuixote
cc: @ZellaQuixote
Answer: all of the accounts in question are part of a network of accounts that tweet links to blogs and obscure topic-specific news sites and retweet each other. This networks consists of 34 accounts created between June 2019 and March 2021, all with GAN-generated profile pics.
The major facial features (particularly the eyes) are always in the same location on unmodified GAN-generated face pics (at least, so far). This trait becomes obvious when one blends the images together:
