In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Asheville, North Carolina and other impacted regions were flooded with water, while fake generative AI images of destruction and human suffering flooded social media.

These doctored or faked visuals can…

Keeping track of events during a natural disaster was hard enough in the past, before people with dubious motives started flooding social media with sensational images generated by artificial intelligence. In a crisis, public officials, fir…

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, misinformation has flooded the internet, including two doctored AI images of a desperate, sobbing child aboard a boat in supposed floodwaters.

At first glance, the photos floating around online simply show a…

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, AI-generated deepfake images depicting scenes of devastation and human suffering have flooded social media, raising alarm among experts.

These false visuals are not only spreading confusion but are also…

Just days after Hurricane Helene hit the United States, a wave of misinformation has flooded the internet. Among it are two digitally manipulated images that supposedly show a distraught child in a boat amidst floodwaters. 

At first glance,…

Newswise — Thousands of well-meaning social media users have been sharing photos supposedly depicting the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction that have turned out to be fake images generated by artificial intelligence (AI). These fa…

Before you go donating to hurricane relief efforts, beware: Those heart wrenching images of survivors you see on social media might not be real at all.

The Better Business Bureau is out with a new warning that some people are using artifici…

After images of the devastation left by Hurricane Helene started to spread online, so too did an image of a crying child holding a puppy on a boat. Some of the posts on X (formerly Twitter) showing the image received millions of views.

It p…