The 'AI obsessed' photographer who tricked Instagram

A handout photo obtained on April 7, 2023 from US amateur photographer Jos Avery shows an image generated by the AI program Midjourney. — (Photo by Jos AVERY / AFP)

PARIS: Jos Avery was given a camera almost four decades ago, sparking a lifelong fascination with photography.

But last September he found a new creative outlet, one that led him to deceive thousands of people: the artificial intelligence program Midjourney, which generates wild and wonderful images from brief text instructions.