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City of Oakland AI image incident — Oct 2025
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee's office sent out a press release with an AI-generated image of City Hall that contained missing and fabricated elements.
- Incident date
- Oct 6, 2025
- Target
- City of Oakland
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee's office sent out a press release with an AI-generated image of City Hall that contained missing and fabricated elements. The mayor's office acknowledged the use of the artificial image.