Former US President Donald Trump and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein allegedly had a friendly relationship at one point. The latter was often spotted frequenting Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. Recently, an image showing Trump and Epstein sitting together on a couch coddled by allegedly underage girls has been going viral on the internet.However, the picture is not real. The photograph is an AI-generated image. There are real pictures and videos in which the two can be seen together, but this is not one of them. The viral image showcases various characteristics and inherent glitches frequently found in AI images. Multiple versions of the photograph were circulated in May of this year.This is an AI-generated image (Image via Twitter/@RadioActivistRX)The Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein image was proven fake a few months agoOn July 11, Twitter user @GuntherEagleman tweeted:"Want to help stop human trafficking...? Vote for Donald Trump!"In response to this tweet, @MarindaVannoy1 asked why politicians and celebrities were not discussing this. As a quote reply to @MarindaVannoy1's question, @RadioActivistRX tweeted the AI-generated image and stated:"You tell me, why aren’t you speaking out against this?"Here's the entire thread:Robert X Weaver 🤬@RadioActivistRXYou tell me, why aren’t you speaking out against this? twitter.com/marindavannoy1…Mandy@MarindaVannoy1@GuntherEagleman Why aren’t other politicians and celebrities speaking out against this?11727@GuntherEagleman Why aren’t other politicians and celebrities speaking out against this?You tell me, why aren’t you speaking out against this? twitter.com/marindavannoy1… https://t.co/f2EaaQd9McThis quote retweet amassed over 185,000 views at the time of this article's writing. Readers added a context note to the tweet that confirmed that the image was AI-generated.The context note talked about how the image contained obvious glaring defects, and provided multiple links to debunk the myth. One of the links was a Lead Stories fact-check article that debunked the image in early May. The other was an NPR article on how to identify AI-generated images.This image showcased former US President Donald Trump and convicted s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein hanging out with each other and two allegedly underage girls.The Twitter context noteEpstein's lack of legs is the most glaring of defects in the image. Donald Trump's fingers are also unnaturally long. Epstein's left hand resting on one of the girl's legs is disfigured and unnatural, and so is the cluster of hands around Epstein's right shoulder. There are three hands around Epstein's shoulder area, two of them are disfigured, and none of them seem to belong to anybody.Kristen@Kriscilicious@RadioActivistRX Notice that Epstein has no legs and there are extra hands and arms. It’s fake. 140470@RadioActivistRX Notice that Epstein has no legs and there are extra hands and arms. It’s fake. 💀Fact-checking website 'Lead Stories' debunked this image alongside other AI-generated images of Donald Trump partying with young girls in early May. According to the website, this image first appeared on May 7, as proven by multiple reverse image searching websites. If it was original, tabloid media archives would have been present.The images were uploaded to Hive Moderation AI-generated content detection tool, an AI detection portal, where it received a score of 4.1. A modified, highly saturated version of the image also came into circulation in May 2023.♣️💀DEAD PRESIDENTS@THUNDERBIRDZZ7Donnie & Jeffy with unidentified underage female minors!Take note of the “bulges” in their pants! Now you know why Trump wears a long tie!6437Donnie & Jeffy with unidentified underage female minors!Take note of the “bulges” in their pants! ✔️Now you know why Trump wears a long tie! https://t.co/Ppoq8b9EWxYet another version of the image came into circulation the same month. Here, the faces of the subjects were changed, and so was Epstein's grin and head position. New faces were included in this version, and some of the hands on Epstein's shoulder from the earlier image were absent.Although this image looks more realistic compared to the first one, it contains a few AI-induced deficiencies too. A new blonde woman behind Trump has a blob for a body. Her right hand is noticeably disfigured, and so is the left hand of a newly appeared man behind Epstein.Another version of the image (Image via Twitter/@VoteJoe1)Trump once thought highly of disgraced pedophile, EpsteinDespite the aforementioned images being AI-generated, there are real images of Epstein and the former United States president together. Epstein's former girlfriend and then-socialite Ghislaine Maxwell had introduced the two, banking on Trump's connection with her father, British media tycoon Robert Maxwell.Trump, Melania, Epstein, and Maxwell (Image via Getty)In 2002, Donald Trump spoke to the New York magazine regarding Epstein. He said:“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy.”“He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side," he added.However, their relationship became irreparably damaged after a property dispute that dated back to 2004, when Trump allegedly outbid Epstein and resold a property that Epstein wanted to buy.In March 2023, Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's brother, claimed that Jeffrey called Donald Trump a "crook" in an unaired clip of Steve Bannon's interview with the convicted pedophile. Mark claimed that his now-deceased brother sent him a now-defunct Dropbox link to the interview clip back in 2019.