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Facebook users say 'amen' to bizarre AI-generated images of Jesus


Outlandish images are garnering hundreds of millions of engagements on the social media platform, leaving some users wary of scams.

Though certain hallmarks of AI-generated art can make it easier to tell real images from synthetic ones, the lack of systematic labeling has some users — especially older ones — falling for falsified content, according to comments on many of the posts. “AI-generated content appears to be a boon for spam and scam actors because the images are easy to generate, often visually sensational, and attract engagement,” the Stanford researchers wrote in their preprint paper. Some users suspicious that the pages are driving potential scam campaigns are also leaving their own comments to warn those who may fail to distinguish certain images as AI-generated.

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