PUB acted quickly and took the necessary precautionary measures.
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\n\nNational water agency PUB has shared that the 30-year-old Myanmar man who was charged for creating an AI-generated image of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir is a worker employed by their reservoir maintenance contractor.
\n\nThe man, Ye Lin, also deleted the image from his phone. He was later charged in court on Sep. 29.
\n\nIn a Oct. 1 Facebook post, PUB said. it had attempted to verify the authenticity of the image using several AI checker tools, but the results were “inconclusive”.
\n\nAccording to PUB, his supervisor alerted the agency to the image on Aug. 20.
\n\nAfter getting “inconclusive” results on whether the image was AI-generated, PUB and the National Parks Board (NParks) took immediate steps to deploy resources to conduct search and capture operations in the area.
\n\n“In the interest of public safety, PUB acted quickly and took the necessary precautionary measures,” the agency said.
\n\nWhen it was established that the image was fake, PUB made a police report.
\n\nIn an earlier post, PUB urged the public to avoid circulating false information or edited images that could cause alarm, noting that such…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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