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'Oh my god': Trump's passport redesign sparks rumors 'looks like Claude designed it’
What happened
RawStory reports that online critics compared the redesigned U.S. passport to an AI-generated layout because its cover uses a small all-caps “PASSPORT” above an oversized country name—a typographic device associated by commenters with Claude. The reporting provides no evidence that Claude or any other AI system designed the passport.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled the “Flight of the Eagle” design on September 29, 2026, while launching the AI-powered America.gov. Scheduled for 2028, the 38-page passport will feature a larger gold seal, animated eagle imagery and scenes…
The skinny
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