Social media platforms are surely the best platforms to get to know about what’s happening and trending all around the world. Recently, a picture of a mysterious Himalayan Monkey Flower began making rounds on the Internet and the facts mentioned along with the image grabbed everyone’s attention. But now, Netizens are getting to see the real side of it, and shockingly no such flowers exist in the world. Then, who has clicked this picture?
Himalayan Monkey Flower Isn’t Real. It Is A Hoax!
Twitter user Dr. S.Y. Quraishi (@DrSYQuraishi) took to the microblogging site to share a picture of the much-talked-about flower some days back. He shared in the caption that this flower is said to bloom just once every 2 decades.
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Many Netizens got excited seeing something as unique as this exquisite flower. But little did they know that this captivating image does not exist in reality. Some Internet users were curious about this picture since the beginning and soon many began to look deep into this whole viral image. Well, Tweeple who were suspecting the originality of the viral Himalayan monkey flower are actually right. A flower like this is not found anywhere on this planet. Then where did this photo come from?
It Is An Digitally-Generated Image!
Artificial Intelligence and its powerful grasp on mankind have surely escalated in the past few years. Its advancement is taking away people’s jobs, portraying something fake as genuine, and a lot more. According to Factly, this image has been created using the help of AI tools. To know the truth behind this viral image of the mysterious viral flower, investigators went through an entire process. While doing the reverse image search, they found out that the picture was published last month on a website named mygopen.
This image was found in an article on this website, according to a report by Factly. The website mentioned that this has been created using AI and its wonders. Leaf Beauty Gallery is a Toutiao page and it shared this digitally-created photo originally.
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Have you previously seen this photo of the so-called Himalayan monkey flower making rounds on the Internet?
Cover Image Courtesy: Twitter/ Dr. S.Y. Quraishi (@DrSYQuraishi)