A few days ago, Amnesty international released a report bashing Israel for using artificial intelligence-driven surveillance tools, such as facial recognition, to “segregate and control Palestinians.”
I can only assume they object to Israel’s use of AI images to help defend herself – as opposed to, you know, tricking people into thinking images are real.
While the systemic brutality used by Colombian police to quell national protests in 2021 was real and is well documented, photos recently used by Amnesty International to highlight the issue were not.
The international human rights advocacy group has come under fire for posting images generated by artificial intelligence in order to promote their reports on social media – and has since removed them.
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But photojournalists and media scholars warned that the use of AI-generated images could undermine Amnesty’s own work and feed conspiracy theories.
“We are living in a highly polarised era full of fake news, which makes people question the credibility of the media. And as we know, artificial intelligence lies. What sort of credibility do you have when you start publishing images created by artificial intelligence?” said Juancho Torres, a photojournalist based in Bogotá.
This, of course, should not be news. Amnesty have been making sh*t up for years.
Incidentally, Amnesty’s AI image looks suspiciously like this notorious fake image disseminated by Israel-haters:
I would not be surprised to discover it was the inspiration behind their fake image.
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
