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Spokane, Washington, Police Reportedly Circulated Purported AI-Generated Image as Authentic Photo of Injured Dog
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In brief
An AI system built by Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers and Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers and deployed by Spokane Police Department, Law Enforcement and 1 other allegedly harmed Epistemic Integrity, General Public and 7 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
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- 1 report
What happened
Detectives in Spokane, Washington, reportedly created a purported AI-generated image as a joke depicting a real undercover officer holding an injured dachshund. A supervisor reportedly mistook it for an authentic photograph and the image was released to news media after correcting an earlier claim that the dog had died. The Spokesman-Review published a cropped version before the department disclosed that the scene was fabricated and began reviewing its verification procedures.
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Who was involved
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Epistemic Integrity, General Public, General Public Of Spokane Washington, Journalistic Integrity, The Spokesman Review, Undercover Law Enforcement Officers, Law Enforcement, Privacy, News Organizations
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Source record: incident #1597 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report