The Father, my Son and the Holy coats: 'AI' fake image of Pope Francis in a puffer coat tricks the internet

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The photo is said to have been created using an AI (artificial intelligence) image generator called Midjourney

The image was outrageous enough to prompt a post from Chrissy Teigen

An image of Pope Francis donning a huge white puffer jacket with a cross hanging from it has sent social media users into a frenzy.

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'AI' fake image of Pope Francis in a puffer coat tricks the internet

The photo is said to have been created using an AI-generated AI (artificial intelligence) image generator called Midjourney.

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“I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.

Over the weekend, a photo of Pope Francis looking dapper in a white puffer jacket went mega-viral on social media. The 86-year-old sitting pontiff, it appeared, has some serious drip. But there was just one problem: The image is not real. It was made using the AI art tool Midjourney.

As word spread across the internet that the image was generated by AI, many expressed surprise. “I thought the pope’s puffer jacket was real and didnt give it a second thought,” Chrissy Teigen tweeted. “no way am I surviving the future of technology.” Garbage Day newsletter writer and former BuzzFeed News reporter Ryan Broderick called it “the first real mass-level AI misinformation case,” following hot on the heels of faked images of Donald Trump being arrested by police in New York last week.

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We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World

“I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.

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The Good News is not fake news: Christ truly has risen

Father Patrick Briscoe writes that while fake news is rampant and AI generated images can trick us, the evidence that Christ died on the cross and rose from the grave is overwhelming.

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