Netflix True Crime Documentary Accused Of Using Photos Generated Or Manipulated By AI
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Viewers of “What Jennifer Did” are pointing out the peculiar fingers, hands and teeth in several photographs of a convicted killer.
A new Netflix true crime documentary is accused of using photographs of a woman that were generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence.
“What Jennifer Did” features several photos of Jennifer Pan, a Canadian woman involved in a murder-for-hire plot to kill her parents. The images show Pan dancing and flashing peace signs in a red halter dress.
But there’s something bizarre about two of the photos, as Futurist noted when pointing out the woman’s peculiar fingers, hands and teeth — human features that AI notoriously struggles to render accurately.
Executive producer Jeremy Grimaldi insisted in an interview with the Toronto Star that the photos are genuine.
“Any filmmaker will use different tools, like Photoshop, in films,” he told the Star. “The photos of Jennifer are real photos of her. The foreground is exactly her. The background has been anonymized to protect the source.”