Unpresentable! Axel Kicillof uploaded an AI-edited photo with Pope Leo XIV

The visit of Pope Leo XIV to Argentina left numerous images of his encounter with political leaders, artists and civil servants. However, a post by Axel Kicillof generated controversy on social networks after the governor of the province of Buenos Aires shared a photograph with the Supreme Pontiff that was identified as content made

with artificial intelligence.

Through his official X account, the Buenos Aires president published an image in which he can be seen shaking hands with the Pope, accompanied by a welcome message: “Welcome to the National Capital of Faith, dear Leon!” . This post was in reference to the Pope's last stop in Argentina, which took place at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, where the official sought to have an enormous meeting with the president of the Vatican State, which was summed up a few seconds due to lack

of time.

Although the publication sought to highlight the meeting, users noticed that under the photograph there was the caption “Made with AI”, an identification used by the platform to indicate certain content generated or modified using artificial intelligence.

The controversial detail of the photo of Axel Kicillof with Pope Leo XIV The

controversy began when the image published by the governor was compared to an original photograph that, according to the information released, was part of the official press material of the Buenos Aires government

.

The main difference was in the background of the scene: while a cameraman could be seen in the original photograph, that person did not appear in the version shared by Kicillof in X.

This modification raised questions about the use of artificial intelligence editing tools

in institutional photographs.

The publication also provoked ironic reactions among users of the social network, who took advantage of the situation to share comments and memes about the

image.

One of the messages that circulated was that of a user identified as Gonzalo González, who wrote: “Big deal. We want to see the original photo.”

Another netizen, under the name of Polo, shared an image of a medal with the inscription “Outstanding Boludo” and added: “I leave you this medal”.