These birds are not real

AI-generated bird photos make us do a double-take. Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our [web version](. [National Audubon Society]( [A real image and an AI-generated image side-by-side of mated pigeons groom each other.]( [What Does Generative AI Mean for Bird and Nature Photography?]( Artificial intelligence can generate uncanny and increasingly realistic wildlife imagery. So, we put it to the test using images from the 2023 Audubon Photo Awards. We asked the six photographers who won this year’s contest to describe their photos in a few sentences to someone who can’t see the image. With their permission, we fed their descriptions into a popular AI image generator. [Take a look at the results](. In an essay, contributor Allen Murabayashi considers what these rapid technological changes mean for conservation and wildlife photography. [Can You Spot the Difference?]( Rock Pigeons. Photo: Liron Gertsman/Audubon Photography Awards/2023 Grand Prize Winner; Image: DALL·E 2 AI generated CONNECT WITH US [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [DONATE]( [ADVOCATE]( [GET TEXT UPDATES]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) | [audubon.org]( © 2023 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Update your email address or unsubscribe](