DeepfakeMedium
AI-Generated Images Available through Adobe Stock Misrepresent Real-World Events
- Occurred
- Nov 23, 2023
- Published
- Nov 23, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
AI-generated images available through Adobe Stock, depicting realistic but fictional scenes of real-world events like wars and protests, have raised significant ethical concerns. These images blurred the lines between reality and fiction in journalistic contexts, prompting Adobe Stock to "crack down on AI-generated images that seem to depict real, newsworthy events and take new steps to prevent its images from being used in misleading ways."
Developers
- Synthetic image generation technology
Deployers
- Adobe Stock
Harmed parties
- General public
- Journalistic integrity
- News sources
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated images misrepresent real-world events, creating deceptive synthetic media.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8