Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated
Former US ambassador to Greece sought to remove negative stories from the internet
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Kimberly Guilfoyle told the White House that her text messages asking a Trump donor for $100,000 were AI-generated, according to a new report. She was later asked to resign over the reports (Getty Images)
Photograph: The Independent (US) (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Kimberly Guilfoyle, former U.S. ambassador to Greece, reportedly claimed that text messages asking a donor to pay her $100,000 credit card bill were AI-generated.
- She also asked officials if a negative story about her could be removed from the internet.
- The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle was ousted as ambassador.
- White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed Guilfoyle's departure.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 10 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 11 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
41/100
11 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 10 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former U.S. ambassador to Greece, reportedly told Trump administration officials that text messages in which she allegedly asked a donor to pay off her $100,000 credit card bill were AI-generated. The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle also inquired about having a negative story scrubbed from the internet. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed Guilfoyle's departure from her post.
Disagreements on reporting details
The Independent reported that Guilfoyle was ousted from her post on Tuesday, while Mediaite stated Guilfoyle resigned on Tuesday. The Independent also reported that Guilfoyle thanked Trump for the opportunity to serve and vowed to "vigorously" fight "false" allegations, while Crooks and Liars reported that Guilfoyle had previously denied or downplayed allegations through representatives.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated reports mentioned that The Wall Street Journal reported Guilfoyle had boasted about close ties to Greek tycoons bankrolling her trips. None of the right-rated reports mentioned that The Wall Street Journal reported Guilfoyle had accused embassy staff and her security team of being leakers.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 14 Oct 2026, 18:15, and will add the sides that appear.
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Crooks and Liars — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
8 rated outlets
- Reports from the left-rated outlets focused on Kimberly Guilfoyle's attempts to save her job by claiming the text messages were AI-generated. The Independent and Crooks and Liars detailed her efforts to contact Trump administration officials and conservative media. The Independent stated that Guilfoyle claimed the text messages were not legitimate but had been generated by artificial intelligence, and that officials did not believe her. Crooks and Liars reported that Guilfoyle went on an "unhinged rampage" to find leakers, accusing embassy staff and her security team. Mediaite also highlighted Guilfoyle's attempts to save her "cushy job" by claiming texts were AI-generated, citing The Wall Street Journal.
Centre
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The right-rated outlet, TMZ, focused on Guilfoyle's claim that the American Express scandal texts were AI-generated. The digest stated that Guilfoyle "desperately tried to save her job" and told the White House the texts were fake and AI-generated.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated?
- Of the 10 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 80% are rated left, 10% are rated centre, 10% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 11. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 10 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated biased?
- Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated is one event reported by 11 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed texts were AI-generated?
- 11 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Kimberly Guilfoyle claim about the text messages?
- Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly claimed that text messages, in which she allegedly asked a donor to pay off her $100,000 credit card bill, were AI-generated. She made these claims to Trump administration officials in an attempt to save her job as U.S. ambassador to Greece.
- What other actions did Guilfoyle reportedly take?
- Guilfoyle also reportedly inquired about having a negative story about her scrubbed from the internet. She also reportedly accused embassy staff and her security team of being leakers.
- Was Kimberly Guilfoyle removed from her position?
- Yes, Kimberly Guilfoyle was ousted as U.S. ambassador to Greece. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed her departure, stating that the administration had asked her to step down.
Read it at the source
11 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
8- Kimberly Guilfoyle Allegedly Blamed AI for Damning Text Messages in Desperate Bid to Save Her Job Before Resignation (opens OK! Magazine in a new tab)
OK! Magazine — is OK! Magazine biased? Our profile of this outlet
- WSJ: Guilfoyle Told WH That Damning Texts Were AI (opens Joe.My.God. in a new tab)
Joe.My.God. — is Joe.My.God. biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle tried to blame AI for $100K texts as she scrambled to save her job (opens The Daily Boulder in a new tab)
The Daily Boulder — is The Daily Boulder biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- White House Officials 'Didn't Believe Her Claims' as Guilfoyle Cited AI for Disputed Donor Texts: Report (opens IBTimes UK in a new tab)
IBTimes UK — is IBTimes UK biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle tried to blame her money-requesting texts on AI: report (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
The Independent (US) — is The Independent (US) biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle tried to blame her money-requesting texts on AI: report (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Guilfoyle Claimed Damning Texts Were AI In Pathetic Attempt To Save Her Cushy Job (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Crooks and Liars — is Crooks and Liars biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Tried to Save Her Job by Insisting Damning Texts Were AI-Generated (opens Mediaite in a new tab)
Centre
1Right
1Not rated
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