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AI-generated image of Thai police sparks discussion; Paralives game to avoid paid DLC

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An image depicting Thai police in sparkly dresses with a handcuffed suspect, which gained significant attention, has been revealed as an AI-generated fake. The administrator of the police station's Facebook account created the image to foster a more approachable public image. Separately, the life simulation game Paralives has announced it will not offer paid downloadable content, opting instead for free updates. AI

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AI-generated image of Thai police sparks discussion; Paralives game to avoid paid DLC

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Unlike The Sims, early access hit Paralives will "never" have paid DLC and will stick to free updates, devs say Though we'd known about it for quite some time

    🎮 Unlike The Sims, early access hit Paralives will "never" have paid DLC and will stick to free updates, devs say Though we'd known about it for quite some time, breezy life simulator Paralives has managed to become one of this month's surprise hits. With over 250k copies sold in…

    LINKS eurogamer.net/paralives-devs-say-no-paid-…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Image of Thai police in sparkly dresses with handcuffed suspect turns out to be AI fake Image was created by administrator in charge of station’s Facebook acc

    🤖 Image of Thai police in sparkly dresses with handcuffed suspect turns out to be AI fake Image was created by administrator in charge of station’s Facebook account who wanted to create ‘friendlier image’It was an arresting image and an irresistible story. A group of tough Thai p…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/image-of-thai-police-in… web.archive.org

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