# OpenAI Put Photorealistic Fakes in 900 Million Hands. Someone Immediately Made a Forged Cheque.

- slug: openai-put-photorealistic-fakes-in-900-million-hands-someone-immediately-made-a-forged-cheque
- date: 2026-04-23
- category: Artificial Intelligence

On Tuesday, OpenAI released a new image generator into the world. Within a day, someone had used it to fabricate a bank cheque.

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