{"id":8159,"date":"2026-01-18T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ai-generated-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:45:00","slug":"ai-generated-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ai-generated-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He\u2019s Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You know the old adage \u201cdon\u2019t believe everything you see on the internet\u201d?<\/strong> In the age of AI, it\u2019s never been more relevant.<\/p>\n

Late in December, Denver Bronco\u2019s beat writer Cody Roark was surprised to learn he was dead, leaving behind a 5 year old child. As far as he knew, he had never fathered a child, and was very much still alive.<\/p>\n

Yet that\u2019s not what the post on Facebook claimed. There, an image shared by the page \u201cWild Horse Warriors\u201d featured an AI generated image of the sports journalist holding a child, with a big \u201cRIP\u201d stitched across it. <\/p>\n

Though the Facebook page has since been taken down, the Denver Post<\/em> reports<\/a> that it described Roark as a \u201cDenver Broncos analyst\u201d who\u2019d \u201cdedicated over a decade to protecting the team,\u201d before passing away due to a \u201cheartbreaking domestic violence incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, the whole thing was AI, as Roark would later conclude. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just one of those things you hate seeing,\u201d he later told the DP<\/em> during an interview. \u201cJust doesn\u2019t make sense. I always thought, like \u2014 usually you see that happen to, like, high-profile celebrities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor that to happen to me was just really weird. Very, very weird,\u201d Roark said.<\/p>\n

The account in question, Wild Horse Warriors, had snared some 6,200 followers over the last few months. The DP<\/em> reports that, prior to it being taken down by Facebook, it averaged about four completely hallucinated Denver Broncos stories every day. Many of them contained content that could impact people\u2019s reputations, like a false claim that Bronco\u2019s wide receiver Courtland Sutton refused to wear an armband in support of LGBTQ people during a game.<\/p>\n

Though Roark seems no worse for the wear, the incident follows a similar pattern emerging from other AI systems. In December, for example, Google\u2019s AI overview \u2014 that little summary that now appears at the top of every Google search \u2014 falsely claimed a Canadian folk musician<\/a> was a convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n

That claim cost the musician at least one gig, and untold reputational harm that can be difficult to repair \u2014 just one more sign that through AI, tech corporations have provided a potent new tool for anyone trafficking in misinformation. <\/p>\n

More on misinformation: <\/strong>China Planning Crackdown on AI That Harms Mental Health of Users<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He\u2019s Dead<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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