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At first glance, the images looked like those of a happy family in Singapore. There were photos of the couple during their school days and on dates, the woman pregnant and the man holding their supposed newborn with a caption that read: “My boys”.
Except the family did not exist – the images were all AI-generated.
The man in the photos did not even know about them until a friend alerted him in December last year, The Straits Times reported on Sunday. In real life, he was not married or in a relationship.
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“It is traumatising to learn that your pictures were used in such an elaborate narrative,” said Luke, who asked for a pseudonym to protect his identity.
A few weeks after the administrative assistant saw the photos, he realised who the woman in them was: a former schoolmate he had last seen 15 years ago.
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The woman had posted the photos on her Instagram account. A check by The Straits Times shows that her account has been deactivated.
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