Police Department Apologizes for Sharing AI-Altered Photo of Seized Drugs

Cops Apologize After Altering Drug Bust Photo With AI

When the Westbrook Police Department in Maine took one of those embarrassing photos of a supposedly impressive seizure of illicit substances, they determined it wasn’t impressive enough. They figured they’d spruce up their haul by running the picture through ChatGPT. They would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for everyone being able to immediately tell it had undergone a few poorly executed AI “enhancements.” It all started when the d…

Cops Use ChatGPT to Edit Drugs Bust Photo, Goes Horribly Wrong

A police department in Maine has been tripped up by modern photo editing after it posted an AI-generated image of a drug bust.

Maine police department apologizes for AI-doctored evidence photo

“Clearly, we should have looked further into the shared image,” Westbrook police said after posting an AI-altered photo of drug evidence.

Police in Maine apologize for AI-altered photo of seized drugs - The Boston Globe

"It was never our intent to alter the image of the evidence," police in Westbrook said.

Maine Police Insist AI Photo of Drugs Seized in Bust Was Legitimate Before Finally Copping to the Fake

A Maine police department apologized for doubling down on the authenticity of a drug seizure photo — only to later admit that the photo had been altered by AI.

Cops Post AI Slop Image Of "Drug Bust," Then Lie and Say It's Real When They're Called Out

AI slop has come for everything — including those cringey drug bust spreads that clueless cops love to post. As Portland, Maine's WMTW reports, police in the suburban city of Westbrook have apologized after not only posting an obviously AI-generated photo of a purported narcotics seizure, but also lying to the public about it. Over the weekend, the Westbrook Maine Police Department shared on Facebook the sloppy photo that featured, among other g…