Thread by @conspirator0

Meet @Noah__Abrams, @AbbyFeldman19, @MarkPerlman14, and @SamHoffhoff, a quartet of allegedly liberal Twitter accounts created in January 2023 with GAN-generated faces. #SundayShenaniGANs

cc: @ZellaQuixote

GAN-generated faces produced by popular tools such as thispersondoesnotexist.com and generated.photos have the property that the major facial features (particularly the eyes) are in the same location on every image. This becomes obvious when the images are blended together.

In addition to the facial feature positioning, there are several additional indicators that these faces are artificially generated, such as the mismatched lenses on @SamHoffhoff's glasses, @MarkPerlman14's mismatched ears, and @Noah__Abrams's surreal background.

Two of these accounts have alleged work history in their profiles: @MarkPerlman14 claims to be an ex-@CNN journalist, and @SamHoffhoff claims to be a former @UCBerkeley professor with poor spelling skills. Unsurprisingly, search results don't back up their assertions.

Each of these four accounts follows or is followed by at least two of the other three. Speaking of who these accounts follow and are followed by, there's one more interesting detail...

All four of these newly-created GAN-faced accounts both follow and are followed by @TheActivistsClb, a "Media & News Company" Twitter account created in January 2023 - in fact, @Noah__Abrams is @TheActivistsClb's very first follower.

The four GAN-faced accounts amplify @TheActivistsClb via retweets, replies, and quote tweets. Although the GAN accounts occasionally interact with other accounts as well (mostly big liberal accounts), promoting @TheActivistsClb appears to be their primary mission.

Permanent IDs of the four accounts in the network:

@Noah__Abrams: 1611391085019906050
@AbbyFeldman19: 1612899060884570112
@MarkPerlman14: 1613175054266761220
@SamHoffhoff: 1613264740465213440

More information on various uses of GAN-generated faces over the years:

Some tips on identifying GAN-generated faces:

Update: two of these accounts have replied to this thread.

A couple more responses from these GAN-tastic fake accounts...

Hilariously, the operator of the @AbbyFeldman19 account has now threatened to sue me for "using (their) photo without (their) consent". Since the image is an artificially generated face rather than an actual photo, this notion is ridiculous. #LOLsuit