US police say they mistakenly posted AI-generated drug seizure photo on Facebook


The officer did not ask police leadership before using ChatGPT, but no one in the department knew the chatbot could alter or change images as it did, Goldberg said. — Pixabay

The Westbrook Police Department said it mistakenly posted an AI-generated picture of items from a drug seizure to its Facebook page after an officer asked ChatGPT to add a police badge to the photo.

The image, which was posted Sunday evening, showed a collection of white powder in plastic bags, a scale, spoon and other paraphernalia spread out on a countertop. Police said the items, including methamphetamine and fentanyl, were seized from a home on Brackett Street last week where six people were arrested.

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