Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist ^76.9%

404 Media - By Emanuel Maiberg - 6/30/2026, 1:48 PM

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Scammers are selling seeds for plants that don’t exist with spectacular, AI-generated images of technicolor leaves that bloom in the shape of birds, butterflies, and cat heads. This type of fake seeds scam predates widespread access to AI image generators, but the ability to easily create these images has made the scam more widespread,... more