Date: 9/9/26 12:42 pm From: Tom Edell via groups.io <TEdell...> Subject: [slocobirding] artificial intelligence and photos of birds
For those that do not see or read eBird news, here is an article titled “From Truth to Fake: The Threat of AI to Media Archives”. If you submit photos to eBird or iNaturalist please read this article.
Community-driven science projects such as eBird, the Macaulay Library, and iNaturalist are seeing a rapid uptick in AI-manipulated and AI-generated photos. A new publication in Nature <https://rdcu.be/ftx6h> has recently highlighted the threat of AI photos to these projects, leading to some popular news articles <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/ai-slop-manipulated-fake-images-birds-citizen-science-aoe> . We want to raise awareness and inform the community of how AI reduces the scientific value of photos.
