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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-11-08 09:32:38+00:00.

Original Title: Research revealed the prevalence of fake social media accounts using AI-generated images and their involvement with the spread of misinformation online. More than half of the accounts with fake images were first created in 2023; in some cases, hundreds of accounts were set up in a matter of hours