{"slug": "scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers", "title": "Scammers are selling seeds for AI-generated fake flowers", "summary": "Scammers are using AI-generated images to sell fake flower seeds on Etsy and eBay, with one seller's listings including a hosta resembling screaming shrimp and a butterfly-shaped plant. The fraudulent seeds for AI-illustrated roses were sold 37,271 times on eBay before the seller was banned.", "body_md": "One Etsy seller's seed listings include a hosta that looks like a bunch of screaming demon shrimps, a plant shaped like a butterfly, and a red-white-blue patriotic shrub. The images are obviously AI-generated — and seeds for fake, AI-illustrated roses sold 37,271 times on eBay before the seller was finally banned. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/30/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers.html)\n\nThe post [Scammers are selling seeds for AI-generated fake flowers](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/30/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/06/30/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers.html", "published_at": "2026-06-30 21:09:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-30 21:57:42.738561+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Etsy", "eBay", "Boing Boing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scammers-are-selling-seeds-for-ai-generated-fake-flowers.jsonld"}}