緊急の 警告 to eBay shoppers: Scammers are trying to trick people into buying 非，不，無-existent flowers that look like CATS using adorable pictures 生成するd by AI

By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline

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As AI-生成するd images get more and more 現実主義の, it can be harder to tell the 偽の from the 本物の.?

Unfortunately, it seems many online shoppers have been duped by the 最新の AI scam ??偽の 'cat's 注目する，もくろむ dazzle' seeds from 中国 advertised on eBay.?

AI-生成するd photos in the 製品 listings pretend the seeds bloom into beautiful flowers 似ているing 削減（する） cats - but in fact no such 工場／植物 存在するs.?

The seeds, 述べるd as?'rare', '有機の' and '非，不，無-GMO', have been flogged for more than $45 (£35) per packet.?

Fact-checking website Snopes has 設立する the 偽の imagery 広まる all over social マスコミ 場所／位置s, 含むing Facebook, Reddit and X.?

People are buying fake ‘cat’s eye dazzle’ seeds from China on eBay. AI-generated photos in the product listing suggest the seeds bloom into beautiful flowers that resemble cute cats - but no such plant exists

People are buying 偽の 'cat's 注目する，もくろむ dazzle' seeds from 中国 on eBay. AI-生成するd photos in the 製品 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing 示唆する the seeds bloom into beautiful flowers that 似ている 削減（する） cats - but no such 工場／植物 存在するs?

'No returns accepted':?It's unclear how many people have been duped or what exactly they received in the post after completing their purchase

'No returns 受託するd':?It's 不明瞭な how many people have been duped or what 正確に／まさに they received in the 地位，任命する after 完全にするing their 購入（する）

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The 場所／位置 ? which was 接触するd by a 用心深い web 使用者 about the 'seeds' ? has 確認するd the flowers as '偽の' and said no such 工場／植物 存在するs.

It scanned the images with AI-（犯罪，病気などの）発見 道具s?on aiornot.com and isitai.com to 明らかにする／漏らす they were created by AI, while Adobe Photoshop 'may also have been used to tweak the pictures'.

What's more, no?合法的 記録，記録的な／記録するs of any flowers or 工場／植物s with the 指名する 'cat's 注目する，もくろむ dazzle' 存在するd before this year, Google data shows.?

The imaginary 工場／植物 is also not 指名するd Cryptanthus bivittatus, as a LinkedIn 使用者?and others （人命などを）奪う，主張するd, which is 現実に a 指名する taken from a real 種類 that looks nothing like a cat.?

によれば Snopes, the photos were 地位，任命するd by Facebook 使用者 StorieSpot to a group called 国家の Geographic Wild 惑星.

The Facebook group has more than 1.4 million members, but にもかかわらず its 指名する, it is not (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者d with 国家の Geographic, the US nature channel.?

StorieSpot's 地位，任命する got more than 80,000 likes and tens of thousands of 株 on Facebook ? and many 使用者s seemed 利益／興味d in buying a packet.

One commented 'love to have these seeds', while another 簡単に said 'I?WANT SOME SEED'.?

Snopes 設立する 'hundreds' of 完全にするd or sold listings for the 'seeds' on eBay?with prices even 押し進めるing past $45 (£35).

It's 不明瞭な how many people have been duped or what 正確に／まさに they received in the 地位，任命する after 完全にするing their 購入（する）.?

Snopes found 'hundreds' of completed or sold listings for the 'seeds' on eBay with prices even pushing past $45 (£35)

Snopes 設立する 'hundreds' of 完全にするd or sold listings for the 'seeds' on eBay with prices even 押し進めるing past $45 (£35)

The imaginary plant is also not named Cryptanthus bivittatus, as a LinkedIn user and others claimed, which is actually a name taken from a real species that looks nothing like a cat (pictured)

The imaginary 工場／植物 is also not 指名するd Cryptanthus bivit tatus, as a LinkedIn 使用者 and others （人命などを）奪う，主張するd, which is 現実に a 指名する taken from a real 種類 that looks nothing like a cat (pictured)

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A lovely slice of cake? Or a slice of 偽の?

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によれば Snopes, those who appeared to believe the flowers were real tended to be '上級の in their age'.?

同様に as eBay, the flowers were 報道によれば advertised for sale on imseeds.com, gardenerstar.com, foundseed.com and dailyrosy.com ? and domain 登録 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） for these websites 'point to 中国'.?

偽の （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 示唆するing the 工場／植物 really 存在するs was also 広まる on Reddit, although some 使用者s managed to call it out as nonsense.

One Reddit 使用者 said: 'This AI garbage is all over social マスコミ (特に Facebook) and thousands of people eat it up thinking it's real.?

'I don't know why it makes me angry, but it does.'

Another said: 'There are a トン of dishonest 販売人s selling generic wildflower seeds as 偽の 工場／植物 seeds using AI-生成するd images and Photoshop.

'These are about as real as blue strawberries or rainbow orange seeds.'?

And one ill-知らせるd X 使用者 地位，任命するd an image of 'cat 注目する，もくろむ dazzle', telling their 信奉者s it was a bromeliad ? a flowering 工場／植物 native おもに to the 熱帯の Americas.

'Cat's eye dazzle' should not be confused with real species of garden pansy that are often sold with the word 'cat' in their name due to the feline-like appearance of the flowers (pictured)

'Cat's 注目する，もくろむ dazzle' should not be 混乱させるd with real 種類 of garden pansy that are often sold with the word 'cat' in their 指名する 予定 to the feline-like 外見 of the flowers (pictured)

Real: The remarkable Dracula simia orchard has an arrangement of column, petals and lip strongly resembles a monkey's face

Real: The remarkable Dracula simia orchard has an 協定 of column, petals and lip 堅固に 似ているs a monkey's 直面する

'Cat's 注目する，もくろむ dazzle' should not be 混乱させるd with real 種類 of garden pansy that are often sold with the word 'cat' in their 指名する 予定 to the feline-like 外見 of the flowers.

Even more remarkable is the?Dracula simia orchard, which has an 協定 of column, petals and lip 堅固に 似ているs a monkey's 直面する.?

MailOnline has 設立する that seeds for these 工場／植物 種類 ? which are 公式に 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d by the 王室の Horticultural Society ? are 存在 sold on eBay too.??

MailOnline has 接触するd eBay and Meta, Facebook's parent company, for comment.?

A Meta spokesperson said staff work closely with 法律 施行 to keep scammers off of Facebook and other 壇・綱領・公約s.?

it also encourages 使用者s to 報告（する）／憶測 scamming （選挙などの）運動をするs to Meta and the police.?

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The 境界 between what's real and what's not is becoming ever thinner thanks to a new AI 道具 from Microsoft.?

Called?VASA-1, the 科学（工学）技術?transforms a still image of a person's 直面する into an animated clip of them talking or singing.?

Lip movements are 'exquisitely synchronised' with 音声部の to make it seem like the 支配する has come to life, the tech 巨大（な） （人命などを）奪う，主張するs.?

In one example, Leonardo da Vinc i's 16th century masterpiece 'The Mona Lisa' starts rapping crudely in an American accent.?

However, Microsoft 収容する／認めるs the 道具 could be 'misused for impersonating humans' and is not 解放（する）ing it to the public.?

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