The artificial intelligence video of the polar bear angered the photographers + video

A few days ago, a video of polar bear rescue went viral on social networks. Although admired by some, it angered nature photographers. This video was created by artificial intelligence and is close to reality, even some users thought it was real.

The 15-second clip of saving the polar bear is constantly trending on TikTok and Instagram and has more than 125 million views on TikTok alone. If you don’t watch this video closely, you might think it’s real, but if you’re familiar with image and video generating AI, you’ll know that the models usually make the fingers and toes look unrealistic. In this clip, if you pay attention to the paws of the bear, you will realize that this clip is made by artificial intelligence. Also, another version of the same video has been made, where we see a white wolf instead of a bear.

Polar bear video produced by artificial intelligence

Some users reposted the polar bear video with the caption “Save the polar bear, now this animal has a new life.” Such videos are usually made for fun, but have angered some nature photographers.

According to PetaPixel, “Florian Ledoux”, a famous nature photographer, says that he spent many months in the Arctic winter taking photos of polar bears, and while referring to this clip, he said that “only idiots” use artificial intelligence in this way.

Also, some users are worried that it is no longer possible to be sure which videos are real and which are created by artificial intelligence. Of course, big companies and manufacturers of artificial intelligence have also taken measures in this regard; For example, the meta content uploaded on Instagram, Facebook, and Treads that is created by artificial intelligence is identified with the tag “AI info”, but these tags cannot be trusted and the content of artificial intelligence may not be correctly identified.