Pope Francis, at St. Peter's Square in The Vatican on March 8. AI-generated images of the pope wearing a puffer jacket went viral over the weekend, with many not realizing they were fake.

Puffer coat Pope Francis fooled many with his ‘drip.’ But experts say image underscores danger of AI misinformation. By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated March 29, 2023, 5:52 a.m.

That's Pope Francis in a luxurious snow-white puffer jacket, with matching tunic and zucchetto.* But what's a swagged-out Pope without some ornament?

So when an image of Pope Francis dressed in a Jet-Puffed, winter-white, ankle-length hooded down jacket went viral over the weekend, it was understandable that many people thought it was real.

An AI-generated image of Pope Francis in a puffer jacket went viral on social media.

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Twitter went wild for the AI-generated image, with many believing the on-trend jacket to be a new addition of the Pope's wardrobe.

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AI-generated images of Pope Francis blew up on Twitter and fooled scores of users, marking one of the first instances of wide-scale misinformation stemming from AI.

Pope Francis did not show off his “drip” in a white puffer jacket despite an artificial intelligence-generated image that went viral on Twitter over the weekend. The image, which fact-checking site ...