Deepfake case study · Image
Efforts to create ecotourism economy around the underwater
An AI-generated image of Alabama's underwater forest was posted on Facebook and shared by the City of Orange Beach account without disclosing its AI origin.
- Incident date
- May 14, 2025
- Target
- Efforts to create ecotourism economy around the underwater forest.
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
An AI-generated image of Alabama's underwater forest was posted on Facebook and shared by the City of Orange Beach account without disclosing its AI origin. The image was presented as real, which caused concern and damaged efforts to create an ecotourism economy.