Deepfake Pope Francis wears white puffa jacket
A deepfake image of the Pope clad in a Belanciaga puffer jacket went viral on the internet, leading to commentary that the age of mass graphic misinformation and disinformation has arrived. The image was a deepfake created by 'Pablo Xavier', a Chicago-based construction worker using the Midjourney image generator . Xavier said he came up with the idea after taking mushrooms. According to media reports, many people believed the image was real . The incident persuaded Midjourney to stop free trials of its technology citing a massive influx of new users abusing free credits. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Midjourney Operator: Pablo Xavier Developer: Midjourney Country: USA; Global Sector: Religion Purpose: Entertain Technology: Deepfake - image ; Machine learning Issue: Impersonation ; Mis/disinformation F act check 🚩 AFP (2023). Twitter users fooled by AI images of Pope in street fashion Snopes (2023). This Is Not a Real Photo of the Pope in a Puffy Coat
- Date it happened
- 2023-03-01
- Organisation involved
- Pablo Xavier
- Product, system or model
- Midjourney
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