'People could get hurt': Conservationists decry AI wildlife visuals
- KUALA LUMPUR: The black-and-white image appears to show the unlikeliest of interactions: An orangutan cradling endangered leopard cubs deep in the jungles of Malaysia's Sabah state.
- But the viral image is not just unlikely, it is fake, part of a trend of wildlife images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) that experts warn endanger animals and people.
- AFP fact-checkers have debunked scores of similar synthetic visuals, from an elephant climbing a tree to escape flooding in Myanmar to a pink dolphin leaping out of water in the Philippines.
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- KUALA LUMPUR: The black-and-white image appears to show the unlikeliest of interactions: An orangutan cradling endangered leopard cubs deep in the jungles of Malaysia's Sabah state.
- But the viral image is not just unlikely, it is fake, part of a trend of wildlife images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) that experts warn endanger animals and people.
- AFP fact-checkers have debunked scores of similar synthetic visuals, from an elephant climbing a tree to escape flooding in Myanmar to a pink dolphin leaping out of water in the Philippines.
Sources: CNA