Definitely machine generated because they couldn’t be assed to even look for the actual photo. The tool, the lab, nothing makes sense there, it’s all fake.
I suspect it’s not because the article writers couldn’t find the picture but because of the legalities of just taking an image from another source.
This is also why e.g. Wikipedia is full of old, or crappy celebrity pictures - Wikipedia requires an open license for the photos they host, but most celebrity photos aren’t licensed as such.
Definitely machine generated because they couldn’t be assed to even look for the actual photo. The tool, the lab, nothing makes sense there, it’s all fake.
I suspect it’s not because the article writers couldn’t find the picture but because of the legalities of just taking an image from another source.
This is also why e.g. Wikipedia is full of old, or crappy celebrity pictures - Wikipedia requires an open license for the photos they host, but most celebrity photos aren’t licensed as such.