404 Media cites a notable example: the Ottoman fort of Amberlisihar, allegedly built in 1466. Its Wikipedia page, a 2,000-word article, detailed its history, construction, materials—everything you would expect. The issue is that this fort doesn’t exist. It’s a product of an AI hallucination. The article appeared in January 2023, but Wikipedia only discovered it in December.

The same goes for photographs. An article on the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband included the image below, which at first glance may seem authentic. However, a closer look at the hands and feet—pay attention to detail below—reveals it is AI-generated. The WikiProject AI Cleanup team removed the image because it “contributes little to the article, could be mistaken for a contemporary artwork, and is anatomically incorrect.” The team doesn’t remove all AI-generated images, only those deemed inappropriate.