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Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)
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[โ€“] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean my mom has been fooled by this sort of thing on email chains for over a decade.

A lot of people just want to believe this kind of stuff.

[โ€“] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, AI is a new twist here but the concept of misrepresenting images and stories for attention is ageless.