Scammers are selling seeds for AI-generated fake flowers

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.

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 The 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 .