Viral Fake Santa Cardinal Bird Made by AI Highlights Flood of Phony Avians Online
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A Facebook post of a fake "Santa cardinal" bird generated by AI went viral, fooling many into thinking it was real
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AI-generated fake bird photos are proliferating on social media in groups dedicated to churning out this content
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Fake bird images could be harmful by making the internet more confusing and deceiving people
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There are some tools to detect fake images, but the best tool is the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library database of real bird photos
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The article questions the point of making up fake birds when there are so many amazing real birds in nature already