AI Image of Clarke Family Fools Internet Into Believing ‘Cube’ Mystery
In the last few days, the internet has been gripped by photos that tell the eerie mystery of the Clarke family and the cube they were buried in. But the images are AI-generated.
A series of images, that have gone viral across social media, tell the bewildering tale of the Clarke family — consisting of Jonathan, Melissa, and their young son Bobby.
@baddreams1985 Clarke’s Cube, Video Version. In October 14th, 2023, the Clarke family, consisting of Jonathan, Melissa, and their young son, Bobby, vanished without a trace from their home on Willow Lane. As days turned into weeks with no sign of the Clarkes, local authorities expanded their search to the surrounding areas. It wasn't until November 5th, 2023, that the mystery took a bewildering turn. #creepy #creepytok #creepypasta #scarystories #horrortok #cursedimages #crime #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #foryourpage ♬ original sound – Scare Waves
The story goes that the Clarke family vanished without a trace from their home in Willow Lane, Eddington on October 14, 2023.
According to the tale, police were unable to find the family, until a horrifying discovery weeks later.
The remains of Jonathan, Melissa, and their son were found in precise positions in a brick cube, that becomes known as “Clarke’s Cube,” in the family’s backyard.
In the tale, the police found where the Clarke family’s burial place based on a drawing of the brick cube — made disturbingly by the late Jonathan himself.
However, the incredibly realistic photographs of the mysterious Clarke family and the “Clarke’s cube” are AI-generated — and the story is entirely fake.
The Ramifications of AI Images
Nevertheless, that has not stopped the images being widely circulated online and the story of the Clarke’s family cube being believed to be true.
There have been several TikTok videos about the Clarke family — one of which has amassed an astounding 45.1 million views and two million likes in three days.
The TikTok comments reveal that the majority of viewers believe the story and there have been sincere Reddit threads dedicated to unraveling the mystery of the “Clarke’s cube.”
The fake images of the Clarke family once again highlights the ability of AI-generated technology to fuel misinformation online and the urgent need for better digital literacy among internet users.
This is not the first time AI-generated images have been mistakenly interpreted as real, and will almost certainly not be the last.
This morning, an AI generated image of an explosion at the US Pentagon surfaced.
With multiple news sources reporting it as real, the S&P 500 fell 30 points in minutes.
This resulted in a $500 billion market cap swing on a fake image.
It then rebounded once the image was… pic.twitter.com/DpHgflkMXP
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 22, 2023
In case there was any doubt that AI images could have real-world ramifications, an AI-generated picture of an explosion outside the Pentagon caused a brief market crash in May 2023.
