AI-Generated Family Photos Used in Elaborate Narrative
Quick Look
- AI-generated images depicting a non-existent family, including a man unaware his photos were used, have caused distress.
- The man discovered his image was used in a fabricated narrative after a friend alerted him, and later identified a former schoolmate as the source of the photos on Instagram.
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Why It Matters
AI-generated images were used to create a false narrative about a family. A man featured in these images was unaware his photos were used and found the experience traumatizing.
Except the family did not exist – the images were all AI-generated.
The man in the photos did not even know about them until a friend alerted him in December last year, The Straits Times reported on Sunday.
In real life, he was not married or in a relationship.
“It is traumatising to learn that your pictures were used in such an elaborate narrative,” said Luke, who asked for a pseudonym to protect his identity.
A few weeks after the administrative assistant saw the photos, he realised who the woman in them was: a former schoolmate he had last seen 15 years ago.
The woman had posted the photos on her Instagram account.
A check by The Straits Times shows that her account has been deactivated.
Open Questions
- What was the purpose of the fabricated narrative?
- Why did the former schoolmate use the AI-generated images?
- Were other individuals' images used?
