Influencer Apologizes for AI Face Swap on Model's U.S. Open Photo

Social media influencer Lauren Blake Boultier has apologized after being accused of using artificial intelligence to superimpose her face onto a photograph of model Tatiana Elizabeth, posting the altered image on Instagram as if she had attended a recent tennis tournament. The incident, which surfaced earlier this week, involved a photo originally taken by Elizabeth at the 2024 U.S. Open in Queens, New York, but falsely presented by Boultier as being from the Miami Open.

Elizabeth, a runner-up on the 2016 season of America's Next Top Model and founder of the skincare brand Skin Buttr, shared her original image from Arthur Ashe Stadium, showing herself in a white T-shirt, tennis skirt, green-and-white sweater tied around her shoulders, and a matching Louis Vuitton handbag. The post captured her courtside pose, complete with visible spectators and a tattoo on her right wrist. Boultier, a beauty and lifestyle influencer with 1.6 million Instagram followers who also works as a part-time correspondent for DAZN, replicated nearly every detail in her version, except for swapping her own face onto Elizabeth's body and changing the geotag to Miami.

Elizabeth discovered the post on...