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Efforts to create ecotourism economy around the underwater forest. deepfake (May 2025)
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…
- Incident date
- May 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.