A hot topic on SNS… “AI generated images”
The Chinese Embassy in France also shared
A man in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, with his face covered in ash, is trudging out from the rubble of a building that was devastated by an Israeli airstrike, carrying five terrified children or holding hands.
This photo caused a stir when it appeared on Instagram on the 21st of last month (local time) with the hashtag (#) ‘Gaza_under_attack’. After the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas broke out on the 7th of the same month, many anti-Israel groups criticized Israel, citing this photo as an example. It was claimed that Palestinian civilians were suffering great damage due to Israel’s repeated airstrikes and that this photo was evidence. The Chinese Embassy in France also shared this photo on social media X (formerly Twitter), supporting anti-Israel public opinion.
However, according to AFP on the 2nd, this photo was revealed to have been manipulated by artificial intelligence (AI). Even if you are not an expert in AI technology, if you look closely, you can easily see that it is a crudely created image. First of all, some children have different shapes and sizes of their feet, as well as the direction they are facing. The sight of a child riding on the man’s right shoulder is also quite unnatural.
In a situation where both Israel and Hamas are trying hard to turn the international public opinion in their favor, it is pointed out that false content generated by AI shows the risk of being misused.
Source: Donga
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