Viral Image of Pope Francis in a Puffer Jacket Revealed to Be AI-Generated
March 24, 2023
A viral image of Pope Francis wearing a white puffer jacket was a deepfake produced by the photorealistic-image-generator Midjourney.
- Alleged deployer
- eliot-higgins
- Alleged developer
- midjourney
- Alleged harmed parties
- pope-francis
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/510
Data source
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