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Luke Taylor in Bogotá

Amnesty International criticised for using AI-generated images

An AI image generator made picture to depict protests and police brutality in Colombia. Amnesty International said chose to use the AI-generated images to protect protesters.
An AI image generator-made picture to depict protests and police brutality in Colombia. Amnesty International said it chose to use the AI-generated images to protect protesters. Photograph: Amnesty International

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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