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AI-Generated Wildfire Maps Misrepresent Their Extent

AFP fact-checked AI-generated maps of the Canadian wildfires circulating on social media, finding that they misrepresent the fires' extent, including hallucinating wildfires in locations where none exist. The maps overstate the severity and spread of the fires, likely to drive engagement, according to AFP.

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AFP fact-checks fake AI-generated maps of the Canadian wildfires that have been circulating on social media, many of which overstate the severity and spread of the fires, including hallucinating wildfires in places they don’t exist, for engagement. [Charles C. Mann]

source & further reading
maproomblog.com — original article Who Are the Gatekeepers in Cartography? ‘Geospatial Trust Is Hard to Win and Terrifyingly Easy to Lose’ Google Earth Goes Nano Bananas
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