Former royal butler Grant Harrold posted a suspected AI-generated photo of Prince William and Catherine to his Instagram account, captioning it as a picture from 2004 and saying he "genuinely mistook" it for an authentic image. Followers flagged the image as likely AI-generated.
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Former royal butler Grant Harrold posted a suspected AI-generated photo of Prince William and Catherine to his Instagram account, captioning it as a picture from 2004 and saying he “genuinely mistook” it for an authentic image. Followers flagged the image as likely AI-generated.
Harrold issued a public backtrack and apology in his Instagram stories, saying he had been duped and would be more cautious in future. The article notes the image remained on his Instagram grid.