[karim79]

> What's the difference between using Stock images (generic photographs / graphics) vs Fake Ai images in a news story? Traditionally stock images have been used to add more "impact" to a story. If the Fake AI image can do that better, obviously they will be preferred.

That's a good question. I think that at the end of the day, it comes down to journalism ethics. Here's a pretty cool article on the ethics of the usage of stock photography in news articles:

https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2019/04/09/when-news-orgs...

Without having a clue myself on this topic, I do think it is inappropriate to create imagery which is not real and demeaning to the victims of that which is actually taking place.

I think there's a difference between the use of stock images in an article about, say "iPhone screens are shattering in cold weather" (with a stock image of a cracked iPhone screen) and "here's what's happening on the ground" (AI-generated image of all kinds of carnage).