AI-generated fake historic images are destroying our past, present, and future
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AI-generated fake historic images are destroying our past, present, and future
Also: Elmer MacKay
BY SUZANNE RENT
JULY 27, 2026
An AI-generated photo of a school fire that appeared on a Facebook page called Old American Life in February 2026.
Note: This article uses AI-generated photos as per the guidelines outlined in the Examiner’s AI policy.
In February, I noticed the above photo on Facebook posted in a group called Old American Life.
Here’s the text that ran with the photo:
In December 1922, a small one-room schoolhouse in a fishing village near Lunenburg, Nova S…
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