Facebook Branded These AI Images as ‘Fake News’

Apparently, some believed King Charles had a very bizarre coronation after-party

Elad Simchayoff
3 min readMay 20, 2023
Image made on Midjourney by Guy Gold. This photo was posted on Facebook

A few days ago I got a call from a friend, Guy Gold, who wanted to tell me a weird story that happened to him. For the past few months, he has started spending more and more time with AI tools, especially Midjourney. At first as a hobby. Being a copywriter at a marketing agency he was curious to test the limits of these tools and how they could affect his work. As time passed, both the technology and Gold himself became so good that he started creating complex images for various professional projects.

The story he told began on the day of King Charles III’s coronation. The event was naturally highly traditional, very “buttoned up” as Gold called it. Watching the ancient crown and ceremonial robs he thought of how funny it’ll be to see a different kind of party, a modern, lavish, beach after-coronation party attended by the King. So Gold sat at his computer and went into Midjourney.

He created 16 images in which King Charles could be seen wildly dancing, wearing a bright pink or orange flowered suit and yellow flower neckless. There’s one where the King jumps in the air or another where an image of King Charles is seen dancing in the middle of a pool with people partying in its…

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Elad Simchayoff

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