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People Are Buying Fake 'Cat's Eye Dazzle' Flower Seeds from China, Based on AI-Generated Photos

People Are Buying Fake 'Cat's Eye Dazzle' Flower Seeds from China, Based on AI-Generated Photos

People Are Buying Fake 'Cat's Eye Dazzle' Flower Seeds from China, Based on AI-Generated Photos
29 April 2024

On April 17, 2024, an account named StorieSpot posted images of a purported "cat's eye dazzle" flower in the Facebook group National Geographic Wild Planet. (The group, which has more than 1.4 million members, does not appear to have any official affiliation with National Geographic.) According to the pictures, the flower closely resembles a kitten's face.

The post read, "Amazing plants! Cat's eye dazzle." It received more than 80,000 likes and 36,000 shares, at the time of this writing.

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