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Picture Credit Laois Offaly Gardai
Laois Offaly Gardai say a number of emergency calls have been made because of an online Artificial Intelligence generated image trend.
“An Garda Síochána is aware of a trending prank circulating on social media in which a loved one is sent an AI-generated image of a home intruder.
Already on a number of occasions this has resulted in the emergency deployment of Gardaí to an ultimately hoax report of burglary," Gardaí warned.
"This represents a waste of valuable Garda resources and diverts from genuine emergency calls which require a response. There is a risk that legitimate emergency calls will not receive the necessary urgent attention, which poses serious safety concerns for those who need our immediate assistance,” Laois Offaly Gardaí said in an online post.
They published images similar to those used in the online trend to highlight the issue.
“We urge everyone not to engage in this prank and to consider the consequences that may result from such activity,” they stated.
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