AI-Generated Images Available through Adobe Stock Misrepresent Real-World Events
November 23, 2023
AI-generated images available through Adobe Stock, depicting realistic but fictional scenes of real-world events like wars and protests, have raised significant ethical concerns. These images blurred the lines between reality and fiction in journalistic contexts, prompting Adobe Stock to "crack down on AI-generated images that seem to depict real, newsworthy events and take new steps to prevent its images from being used in misleading ways."
- Alleged deployer
- adobe-stock
- Alleged developer
- various-ai-image-generators
- Alleged harmed parties
- general-public, journalistic-integrity, news-sources
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/613
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