Fake AI weather photographs are on the rise – here’s how to tell fact from fiction

Hurricane Helene displayed by the National Weather Service .

Artificial intelligence-enhanced images are all over social media in this day and age, with individuals able to create fake images in seconds using widely available programs such as Adobe Firefly.

According to AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor Jesse Ferrell, “Artificial Intelligence has become a significant challenge for the weather photography community. Although AI is boosting business productivity and efficiency worldwide, it's making it harder and harder to tell fact from fiction.”