S. Korea police arrest man over AI image of runaway wolf that misled authorities
The widely circulated image had prompted authorities to move their search operation.
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South Korean police have arrested a 40-year-old man for creating and sharing an AI-generated image that disrupted the search for Neukgu, a wolf that escaped from a zoo in Daejeon city on April 8. The fake photo, which purported to show the wolf at a road intersection, prompted authorities to urgently relocate their search operation and issue emergency warnings to residents. The man told police he created the image "for fun" and faces charges of disrupting government work by deception, which carries penalties of up to five years in prison or a fine of 10 million Korean won, while the wolf was eventually captured nine days after its escape.