PUBLIC AWARENESS NOTICE

AI-GENERATED CONTENT, FAKE SCREENSHOTS & VOICE CLONING CAN CAUSE REAL-WORLD HARM with AI TOOLS AVAILABLE .

This notice is being issued following the activity of an inauthentic Instagram account that is publishing content about a real person and appears to be using AI-generated or fabricated images, an inauthentic follower base, fake screenshots, and purported phone recordings. The Police have been notified as well.

The apparent use and publication of this material raises serious concerns because content of this nature can be created or presented in a manner that appears intended to cause real-world reputational, personal, or other harm.

FAKE SCREENSHOTS CAN BE MADE TO LOOK REAL.

AI VOICE CLONING CAN MAKE A FABRICATED RECORDING SOUND LIKE A REAL PERSON.

EDITED RECORDINGS CAN BE PRESENTED WITHOUT THEIR ORIGINAL CONTEXT.

AI-GENERATED IMAGES CAN BE MADE TO APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY DEPICT A REAL PERSON OR REAL EVENTS.

Today, digital technology can create content that looks real, sounds real, and can appear to come directly from a real person.

A screenshot, text conversation, photograph, document, phone recording, or social-media account is therefore not automatically proof that it is authentic, complete, or accurately represents what occurred.

BEFORE BELIEVING OR SHARING POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CONTENT:

• Verify the original source

• Confirm that the account is authentic

• Look for independent confirmation

• Do not forward, repost, or amplify unverified screenshots or recordings

• Preserve the original content, URLs, account information, and relevant evidence if you are targeted

• Report fraudulent, impersonating, threatening, or abusive accounts to the relevant platform and, where appropriate, the proper authorities

AI makes fabrication easier. It does not make fabricated content true.

Technology can now create content that looks real, sounds real, and can appear to come directly from a real person.

THINK CRITICALLY. VERIFY.

Protect yourself and others from digitally manufactured or manipulated content that can cause real-world harm.

This notice is intended to raise awareness and discourage the further distribution or amplification of potentially fabricated, manipulated, or misleading material.