Adobe is selling fake AI images of the war in Israel-Gaza
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Online publications have used a photorealistic image of a missile attack from Adobe Stock without marking it as fake.

Adobe is selling fake AI images of the Israel-Hamas war::Adobe Stock’s image service has fake, artificially generated images of Israel, Gaza and Hamas which are being used by online news sites.

  • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    10 months ago

    Fake AI images that will be used to decorate AI generated news articles that will be commented on by AI profiles.

    Does anybody else feel like everything lost its purpose years ago? I mean, it’s like the internet exists from the inertia of already existing, the human factor is long gone.

    • PilferJynx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      It’s a mess. I can’t trust anything online as coming from a real human anymore. It’s all filters, generated, or paid for. The God of profit corrupts everything it touches.

  • Tygr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Adobe Stock Contributor. Someone, as a contributor, listed these photos to earn a commission for sales for photo content they say is theirs and own the copyright for.

    It’s a decent side hustle but I’d never upload AI crap.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Sites like Pexels, Pixabay and Unsplash are also now filled with several AI generated images for most popular keywords. You barely have any effort, but can earn a few bucks whenever someone happens to use your image.

      • brambledog@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’m not surprised some stock photo companies are selling AI work. I imagine this is an industry not easy to make money in if you are one of the few remaining firms not owned by Getty.

    • pewter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      10 months ago

      The obituary you posted doesn’t mention Israel or Gaza. Why did you link it?

        • pewter@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          I thought so too, but it’s getting harder to tell the difference between AI and weird people.

          • oillut@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            The OP account definitely seems to be.

            All the posts they’ve made have a header, sub header, “::”, and description, with all the copy around the same length each time. It’d be a weird amount of effort to not be using GPT for this