Russian woman fined and deprived of iPhone for AI-photo bear in the village

A resident of Transbaikalia published a photo of a bear walking around the village, but the picture was generated by a neural network, and the Internet user was punished for fake, reports the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti”.

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A woman from a village called Duldurga was involved in the dissemination of information that alarmed local residents and demanded a response from the authorities. This is reported by TASS. According to local chats on September 10, a “photofact” spread: a bear wanders in the village. Residents are worried. Over the past month in the Russian regions, such animals have repeatedly come to people and even committed deadly attacks both in the forest and outside it. However, the visit of the owner of the taiga to Duldurg authorities denied. The image of the beast generated artificial intelligence at the direction of a person.

The offender, who posted a deliberately false photo on the Internet, was fined 30,000 Russian rubles (more than 1,000 BYN). In addition, it was decided to confiscate the iPhone 11, using which the law was violated.