Japan town retracts latest AI bear image


A bear warning sign is displayed in Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot in Gifu Prefecture. A town in Miyagi Prefecture has retracted its social media post warning of a bear sighting after discovering an image submitted to it had been generated using artificial intelligence. - Reuters

TOKYO: A Japanese town deleted a social media post warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was AI-generated.

Similar fake images have been circulating online as fear of bears runs high in the country, where the animals have killed a record 13 people this year.

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