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ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA: Heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
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As Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc in North Carolina and Florida, AI-generated images of victims and first responders are spreading on platforms like Instagram, Facebook and X, Forbes reported. An AI-generated image of a young girl stranded in flood waters holding a drenched puppy in her hand has more than a million views on X, Kevin Guo, CEO of content moderation platform Hive confirmed with me. The image is being used to spread misinformation about the federal government’s response to the disaster.
Other AI-generated images of Hurricane Helene’s aftermath, such as a man wading through water while holding a dog, law enforcement officials providing relief and Donald Trump in a life jacket trawling through muddy water, are also circulating on social media. Experts say such fake images could hurt humanitarian efforts and make it difficult for victims to find support and trustworthy information.
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AI unicorn Character AI briefly hosted a chatbot with the likeness of a teenage girl who was brutally murdered 18 years ago, Forbes reported. The girl’s father, Drew Crecente, got a Google Alert on Wednesday morning that someone had used his daughter’s yearbook photo and her name to create the bot. “It shocks the........© Forbes