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An image of Pope Francis wearing a shiny white puffer jacket, a long necklace with a cross and a water bottle in his hand is the latest example of the dangers of AI.
The stylish pope was created by image generator Midjourney, who was also behind the shocking mock scenes of Donald Trump’s arrest by New York City police officers.
Deepfake videos have also demonstrated the evil powers of AI, allowing users to create clips of public figures spreading misinformation — and experts predict that 90 percent of online content will be created this way by 2025.
These scary AI developments seem to be just the tip of the iceberg.
An image of Pope Francis wearing a shiny white puffer jacket, a long necklace with a cross and a water bottle in his hand is the latest example of the dangers of AI
Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and more than 1,000 technology leaders are calling for a pause from the “dangerous race” to develop AI, which they fear poses a “profound risk to society and humanity” and ” can have catastrophic consequences.
The AI-generated image of Pope Francis, published on Reddit on Friday, caused quite a stir on the internet this week, ultimately because the public thought it was real.
“I thought the pope’s puffer jacket was real and gave it no thought,” model and author Chrissy Teigen tweeted. “There’s no way I’m surviving the future of technology.”
Experts also weighed in on the realistic AI image.
Web culture expert Ryan Broderick said the Pope’s image was “the first true mass-level AI disinformation case.”
However, the image followed a gallery of fake photos showing what it might look like if Trump were arrested – but these were widely known to be AI-generated.
Bellingcat journalist Eliot Higgins captured the footage this month, which shows Trump being chased down the street by police officers as his wife Melania screams. Others show the former president in prison in an orange jumpsuit.
“Legit thought these were real,” one person tweeted, while another said, “We should really watermark these to reveal they’re AI generated and not real.”
It comes after Trump claimed without evidence he would be arrested today and called on his supporters to “protest, protest, protest” in response to a possible indictment over the former president’s alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The stylish pope was created by image generator Midjourney, who was also behind the shocking mock scenes of Donald Trump’s arrest by New York City police officers
Deepfake videos and images have also boomed online, with influential figures relaying misinformation.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was used in a clip thanking Democrats for their “service and inaction” on antitrust law.
The Demand Progress Action advocacy group made the video, which used deepfake technology to turn an actor into Zuckerberg.
More recently, in February, several female Twitch stars discovered their images on a deepfake porn website earlier this month, where they engaged in sexual acts.
Currently, there are no laws protecting humans from being generated by AI in a digital form.