An AI image of Oakland City Hall is missing some stuff...can you spot it?

"This morning, Lee's office sent a heads-up to reporters about Tuesday's 3:30 p.m. speech at City Hall. Atop the press release was an image of the seat of Oakland's government - one clearly generated by artificial intelligence. Immediately, journalists in our newsroom, who've collectively spent hundreds of hours at meetings and interviews in City Hall, noticed some key elements missing and fabricated in the image of the Beaux-Arts building."

"Immediately, journalists in our newsroom, who've collectively spent hundreds of hours at meetings and interviews in City Hall, noticed some key elements missing and fabricated in the image of the Beaux-Arts building. We could list those elements here, but we're not going to. Instead, we're inviting our readers, who are passionate about Oakland, and its history and built environment, to let us know what differences you can identify between the AI picture and a photograph taken by former Oaklandside photojournalist Amir Aziz."

"If you'd like to participate, fill out the form at the end of this article by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The person who can name the most discrepancies will win an Oaklandside water bottle. Justin Phillips, a spokesperson for the mayor's office, said the use of the artificial City Hall image was "definitely an outlier." "We don't normally rely on AI for content or graphics, particularly in media advisories," he said."

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee will give her first State of the City address tomorrow, taking stock of accomplishments over the past six months and challenges facing Oakland locally and from the federal government. Lee's office sent a press advisory that included an AI-generated image of the seat of City Hall with fabricated and missing architectural elements. Journalists familiar with City Hall noticed the inaccuracies. Readers are invited to identify differences between the AI image and a real photograph and can submit entries by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, with a water bottle prize for the top entrant. A mayoral spokesperson called the AI image an outlier and said the office will use regular images moving forward. Governments worldwide are grappling with effective, low-risk uses of AI.

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