DeepfakeMedium
Viral Image of Pope Francis in a Puffer Jacket Revealed to Be AI-Generated
- Occurred
- Mar 24, 2023
- Published
- Mar 28, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A viral image of Pope Francis wearing a white puffer jacket was a deepfake produced by the photorealistic-image-generator Midjourney.
Developers
- Midjourney
Deployers
- Eliot Higgins
Harmed parties
- Pope Francis
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated image of Pope Francis used to deceive, causing viral misinformation.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8