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Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf

Ars Technica·Ashley Belanger·about 1 month ago
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Fans used AI to celebrate safe return After nine days of searching, Neukgu was finally returned to the zoo, where he is now recovering outside the social media spotlight. But his Internet fame lives on as a memecoin launched shortly after his escape. On the memecoin website , Neukgu is described as a “brave wolf” in search of “freedom,” becoming a “symbol of independence” that the token supposedly represents. He’s “the wolf that wouldn’t stay caged,” the website says, while encouraging fans to buy tokens. Early on, the wolf was nearly captured after drone footage detected him on a mountain, but he escaped the perimeter rescue workers set up, The Guardian reported. Cops also felt hot on the trail after a driver shared footage showing Neukgu trotting alongside a mountain road. Eventually, the wolf was “found and tranquilized on a hill near an expressway,” The Guardian reported. The only sign he’d left the zoo was a small fishing hook that veterinarians removed from his stomach.…

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