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Westbrook Police Department's reputation deepfake (Jul 2025)
The Westbrook Police Department admitted that an image posted of drugs seized during a bust was altered using ChatGPT. An officer used the AI to add the department's patch to the image, but it inadvertently altered…
- Incident date
- Jul 2025
- Target
- Westbrook Police Department's reputation
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The Westbrook Police Department admitted that an image posted of drugs seized during a bust was altered using ChatGPT. An officer used the AI to add the department's patch to the image, but it inadvertently altered other parts of the image, creating gibberish on the drug packaging. The department initially insisted the photo was real, but later deleted the post and apologized, posting the original, unaltered photo.