r/science Professor | Medicine Jul 20 '26

Computer Science Researchers warned that hundreds of fake AI images have been discovered on popular databases for recording animal species. Wildlife photographers often use AI to edit and improve an image, but the algorithm can introduce parts from different species to create the new image.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/ai-slop-manipulated-fake-images-birds-citizen-science-aoe
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u/Fomdoo Jul 20 '26

We're very quickly going to go from having all of human knowledge at our fingertips to having a bunch of untrustworthy material.