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Earlier this year, shortly before the second season of Wednesday wrapped filming, Entertainment Weekly reported that Lady Gaga Will be included in the second season of the show. The anticipation of seeing him in full Wednesday get-up has naturally got fans excited. Their answers appeared to be coming over the weekend, when a circulated photo of Lady Gaga in Wednesday S2 started making the rounds on social media. Sadly, the image is an AI fake (albeit a very good one).
The photo appears to have been created on a Netflix-inspired fan page on Facebook run by GAMRUS Group (the company that runs brands like Dot Esports, Gamepur, and WeGotThisCovered). GAMRUS GROUP uses related pages to drive traffic to their WGTC Netflix tag page. Under previous ownership, the website was known for spreading fake news and creating sensationalist click-bait headlines. In January 2024, GAMRUS GROUP Posted that it has made significant progress Improving the site’s status as a trusted news source under its new ownership.
His post went live at 2:30 pm GMT on December 13 More than 67,000 likes have been received so farAn hour later, another page, Flix & Chill, shared the image, saying, “First look at Lady Gaga in Wednesday Season 2!” It has received more than 72,000 likes. We also found this picture circulating on Instagram and X.
The photo in question shows Lady Gaga with curly hair and looking straight at the camera in a black dress. It sure looks like that Wednesday, Looking at the scenery (even a little mixed). bridgerton)But the image is not real.
Lady Gaga shared photo in Wednesday S2
Netflix did not issue any press release for this Wednesday Season 2 last weekend, the first real scene of which has yet to be revealed by the streamer 4th DecemberWhich stars Jenna Ortega as the lead character.
So what’s happening? Sadly, the photo in question is AI-generated. We used several online tools that detect AI artwork and photos from one tool, siteengineStating that the image is 93% AI-generated, stating that a stable diffusion model is being used to create it (see evidence below)
Of course, fake things circulating on social media are nothing new. We’ve reported dozens of times about websites and social media accounts that knowingly post false details about release dates. Still, AI images (that look just as good as the one above) are going to be on the rise in the coming months and years.
Netflix confirmed to us in an email this morning that the photo that’s been circulating “was not released by Netflix and is not from Wednesday S2.”
We contacted the operator of Netflix Updates yesterday, but they have not yet responded to a request for comment on why they are sharing this fake image. Manish Jalan, owner of Flix & Chill and operated by MEWS Media Pvt Ltd, declined to comment, but said it was fan-made, although the description states otherwise.
Of course, we’ll get our first look at Lady Gaga on Season 2 on Wednesday as soon as Netflix releases something official.
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