How fake Hurricane Milton AI images can have real consequences [Video]

AI-generated images and videos about Hurricane Milton might not just be annoying clickbait. They could also be connected to scams and disinformation campaigns.

In the aftermath of the category 3 hurricane that devastated parts of Florida, social media platforms like X, TikTok, and Facebook have been inundated with AI-generated content. Some AI-generated images and videos are easier to spot than others, like the obviously played-for-laughs image of a girl hugging an alligator on a boat in the pouring rain.

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Others are more convincing, like AI-generated images of a flooded Disney World that initially duped many — even getting shared by a Russian propaganda outlet.

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The outcome might just be the spread of disinformation, which is bad enough, but AI-generated internet trash is also used to lure people into scams.

Hurricane Milton AI slop is everywhere

At this point many have seen the fake images of the Disney …