Images of “satanic” merchandise displayed on shelves at Hobby Lobby were created using artificial intelligence, contrary to claims being shared online that they show items sold by the retailer. The text in one Facebook post (here) reads, “First Target....now Hobby Lobby... ?”Vinyard said in an email that she created the images using Midjourney, an AI-based text-to-image generator. “I just thought it would be funny to use the Satanic decor, since Hobby Lobby pretends to be a Christian store,” Vinyard told Vice (here). Hobby Lobby did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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