Met Gala: Katy Perry’s mother, deceived with a fake photo of her daughter created by artificial intelligence

Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) of Katy Perry and Rihanna at the Met Gala went viral on social networks.

Neither singer was present at Monday night’s fashion event at NYbut that did not stop false images of them from circulating on xformerly called Twitter.

Perry shared two fake images of herself on instagram and revealed that even his mother had been deceived.

An image of the singer wearing a moss-trimmed floral dress on the red carpet at the event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) was viewed more than 15 million times on X.

Fans responded to Perry’s Instagram post by admitting that the image had fooled them.

“I actually reposted this believing it was true,” one fan said, while another wrote, “Wait, this is AI generated?! I was fooled.”

The singer also shared a screenshot of a conversation with her mother, who was fooled by the image.

“Haha, mom, the AI ​​caught you too, BE CAREFUL!”Perry said in a message.

Another fake image of the singer on the red carpet, this time wearing a gold corset dress that simulates armor with a key, also went viral with more than 4.5 million views.

The dress fit the 2024 theme, “The Garden of Time,” a short story about a count and countess who pluck flowers that reverse time.

An image of Rihanna generated by AI also had millions of views on social networks.

The image shows her on the red carpet in a dress embroidered with fauna, birds and a huge circular structure.

According to the magazine Peoplethe singer could not attend the event because she caught the flu.

At the beginning of the night, fake photos of Dua Lipa which showed her in a corseted dress with bare shoulders, fringes and a bow in a different place than on the carpet.

A few hours later, the singer appeared at the event in a completely different outfit: an all-black lace dress, polka-dot mesh gloves, and a huge black feather boa over her shoulder.

The annual charity event attracts A-list celebrities and fashion notables.

This year Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth and Bad Bunny they joined Anna Wintour, of Vogue, as presenters of the gala.

The event raises money for the Met and tickets are rumored to cost more than $70,000.

Analysis by Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent

Why does this matter? After all, this is the red carpet, not an election.

Well, this tells us how AI-generated content is becoming more and more compelling. They even managed to fool Katy Perry’s own mother.

The telltale signs are still there; a photographer with half his head missing, doubtful fingers on another, and the rug itself is from 2018.

But it still feels like an improvement over some of the other AI-generated images that have gone viral.

And all this can get much more serious.

In recent months, I have investigated how AI-generated images of former US President Donald Trump with black voters (some satirical, some not) were created and shared by his supporters before the election.

And how fake AI-generated audio from the mayor of London, which sounded like a secret recording, falsely suggested he was moving ceremonies for a war memorial holiday to accommodate a pro-Palestinian march.

These tactics will be in play on our social networks in the coming months, so this is a reminder to put our detective skills to the test.

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