{"id":76921,"date":"2025-10-13T03:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/76921\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:20:18","slug":"kerry-gardai-say-elaborate-checkpoint-is-ai-generated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/76921\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry garda\u00ed say elaborate checkpoint is AI generated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image circulating on social media of a Garda\/Customs checkpoint.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3ed503af-1487-442b-ba23-9f372d2e9bc1.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Image circulating on social media of a Garda\/Customs checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed have said a photograph circulating on social media of an elaborately designed check point on a Tralee street is AI generated and that no such checkpoint took place in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The image shows a checkpoint set up on Rock Street in Tralee with one side of the street closed off to traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A large blue and white inflatable arch indicating a \u2018Garda\/Irish Customs Joint Checkpoint\u2019 is meant to show where cars are to stop at a point that is surrounded by garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A statement from the Garda Press Office said the image appears to be AI generated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cIt appears as if someone took a picture of the road and then had an AI edit in the garda\u00ed. This would explain why the car in front is so high resolution and the garda\u00ed so low,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe uniforms also appear inaccurate and the writing on the Garda van is jumbled. The local garda\u00ed have been contacted and no such checkpoint took place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image circulating on social media of a Garda\/Customs checkpoint. 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