Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters

Jane Smith reportedly used ChatGPT to edit photo to show name Trump ordered US agencies to use for Lake Ontario amid trade war with Canada

The CEO of a Michigan credit union is no longer employed there, according to the organization, after she posted on social media what appeared to be an AI-generated image of her and her family wearing sweaters emblazoned with the Donald Trump-associated words “Lake America”.

In the statement recently announcing that Jane Smith would no longer be its CEO, Family First Credit Union also apologized “for the concern, disappointment and pain this situation has caused”.

Smith had been the chief executive officer of the Family First Credit Union when she posed for a family photo at the Detroit airport en route to Halifax, Canada. She reportedly used ChatGPT to edit the family’s sweaters to say Lake America, which since late August has been the name that Trump ordered the US’s federal government agencies to use for Lake Ontario amid the president’s trade war with Canada.

Smith then shared the image on Facebook on 11 September – the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US – along with the caption: “Like our sweatshirts? Not sure Canada will.”