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Why Facebook is flooding us with AI images

Spammers and fraudsters have discovered artificially generated images for themselves.(Bild: scaliger (KI-generiert))

If you've been on Facebook or Instagram in the past few months, you've probably already noticed them: photorealistic images that are too good to be true - of picturesque beach houses that are the stuff of Airbnb dreams, for example, or children holding paintings that look like the work of professional artists. We'll tell you why you'd better watch out.

As we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words and is therefore a popular way of generating attention - not only, but especially on social media such as Facebook or Instagram. However, with hundreds of millions of photos uploaded there every day, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd.

Or rather, it has fallen, because with image generators based on artificial intelligence, various players have found a quick and easy way to create extraordinary and, above all, perfect images - of babies, birthday cakes, kitchens or even beach houses. But what are their motives?