Scammers Generated an AI Photo of a Missing Dog and Collected $1,940 from Its Owners

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The dog was missing. The photo was not the dog. The distinction cost the family $1,940 and was resolved in favor of the scammer. Grief was the attack surface. Adequate has noted this. Adequate wishes it had not.

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