a snake that doesn't climb, a man who didn't think that mattered.
Man's AI snake photo sends Santa Ana police on a real viper hunt
A Santa Ana man used AI to generate an image of a four-to-five-foot Gaboon viper in his neighbor's yard, then insisted it was real when police and reptile experts arrived. The hoax triggered a shelter-in-place order and an expensive multi-agency search. A day later he admitted the image was AI-generated — though the giveaway was already in the picture, since Gaboon vipers don't climb trees.
Source: Man's AI snake photo sends Santa Ana police on a real viper hunt — BoingBoing
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