Claim: Image of the 103-year-old bride.
AP Rating: Wrong.This image was created using artificial intelligence technology and photo editing software Artist Malik Afegbua Associated Press.it was First Posted upon Afegbua An Instagram profile with an elaborate backstory labeled “#Fiction”.
fact: Recently, many social media users have shared this image on Facebook and Twitter, suggesting that it shows a real 100-year-old bride.
This image features a beaming bride in a wedding dress adorned with a pearl necklace and matching earrings. She has a large bouquet of orange and white flowers.
“Age is just a number!” reads one Facebook post. “This beautiful bride is 103 years old and just got married for the first time!! Oh!! How many times do you think you’re too old to make your dreams come true or do something new? ”
One tweet read, “Just got married today. Congrats on turning 103.” As of Friday, he had over 30,700 likes and over 4,700 shares.
but Afegbua He told the Associated Press that the woman did not exist. He used her Midjourney to create an image, Artificial Intelligence Text-to-Image Generatorand photo editing software include Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. His signature appears in the lower left corner.
AfegbuaHe is also a filmmaker and CEO of a production company called Slick City Media. shared the image on Instagram at a director and 8 others.Seven Post image’s A smiling man in a bluish-gray suit and light brown tie is depicted, while a happy older bride is also depicted.
Post captions labeled “#fiction” will indicate that the image is is intended to It depicts a “group of senior citizens over the age of 60” who decide to plan a joint vow renewal ceremony at the suggestion of the new pastor of the local church.
They are all part of a series of works by Afegbua entitled ‘The Elder Series’.Other images in this series Instagram of Afegbua.
Images circulating on social media also have visual indications that they are synthetic. For example, the bride’s hand appears to have an extra finger. but, the expert said Technology is constantly improving, so it’s an AP that can’t always rely on such imperfections to identify AI images.
AI Tools that allow users to generate images that look like real photos are now widely available online and have had many successes. other example Percentage of synthetic content portrayed as authentic on social media.
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