Photos showing leaders of Hamas 'living luxurious lives' that were accused of being AI-generated were actually upscaled with AI technology.
A photo of a Hamas leader playing ping pong in 2014, left, an upscaled version posted to social media recently, right. | Ynetnews.com
Photos showing leaders of Hamas “living luxurious lives” that were accused of being AI-generated were actually upscaled with artificial intelligence technology.And the images do show telltale signs of AI: distorted faces, and hands. However, the low-resolution images were run through an upscaler which gives a similar effect. Furthermore, the photos were taken
Anyone who has ever tried to upscale a very low-resolution image will know that it is difficult to get a quality, high-resolution image out of it that looks real.But it once again underlines the problems of authenticating real images as AI imaging technology is increasingly omnipresent.“Dear Palestinians, While the leaders of Hamas are living luxurious lives enjoying good lives, they ask you to sacrifice yourselves and your children,” Naftali wrote in the.
“Argument to be made that post is misleading due to being out of date/age of images, and is presented by Naftali as being current.”This is because when a picture editor wants to upscale low-resolution images, to reach a higher pixel count the AI upscaler extrapolates the missing data. Sometimes it does this well but other times it can produce muddled pictures.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Viral Photos Of Hamas Leaders Accused Of Being AI Fakes Actually Just Poorly UpscaledI’m a technology reporter and founder of Paleofuture.com, a website I started in 2007 that looks at past visions of the future, from flying cars and jetpacks to utopias and dystopias. Paleofuture was formerly hosted at Smithsonian magazine (2011-2013) and Gizmodo (2013-2020).
Read more »
Israel-Hamas War Live Updates: Humanitarian Aid Enters Gaza, Hamas Releases Two American HostagesGaza received its first deliveries of international humanitarian aid since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and a mother and daughter from Illinois were freed by Hamas.
Read more »
Israel-Hamas War Live Updates: Humanitarian Aid Enters Gaza, Hamas Releases Two American HostagesGaza received its first deliveries of international humanitarian aid since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and a mother and daughter from Illinois were freed by Hamas.
Read more »
Israel-Hamas War Live Updates: Humanitarian Aid Enters Gaza, Hamas Releases Two American HostagesGaza received its first deliveries of international humanitarian aid since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and a mother and daughter from Illinois were freed by Hamas.
Read more »