Viral Facebook Image of Man and Wooden Dog Carving Exposed as AI-Generated Fake
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This viral Facebook image of a man kneeling by his wooden dog carving is AI-generated and fake, though people believe it's real.
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The original real photo was of a German Shepherd carving by chainsaw sculptor Michael Jones, which has been stolen and cloned.
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Spam Facebook pages have created endless AI variations of the photo with different men, dogs, etc. to get engagement.
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These AI clone images keep spreading widely on Facebook from "engagement bait" pages, with users praising the nonexistent talent.
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It shows Facebook is overrun withfake AI images that people believe are real, profiting spam pages while real creator work is stolen.