An AI-generated picture shared by Nes municipality was quickly deleted from Facebook, but screencaps of the macabre detail continue to circulate online.

By Renate Karlsmoen, published 9:04 AM, August 29, 2025.

AI BLUNDER: Årnes is the administrative center of Nes municipality. This picture was taken in 2008. © Øystein Søbye, Norske Naturfotografer, Samfoto.

Nes municipality published a Facebook post earlier this week, promoting the recurring "Family & Community" event at the Family House. A picture generated with artificial intelligence (AI) accompanied the text as an illustration.

This was evidently not the best idea.

Nes residents quickly reacted to one detail in the picture: what appeared to be parts of a chopped-up baby on a plate. The municipality quickly deleted the post, but Dagbladet observes that screencaps of the Facebook post are still circulating online.

SPREADING: A number of people have seen this AI-generated image. Screencap courtesy of the anonymous person who informed Dagbladet of this story.

The AI blunder has also received attention on TikTok, where one user in the comments section jokes, "I hope they have something else on the menu."

—"We published a picture late last night, a picture which was generated using artificial intelligence. The picture was supposed to show an inclusive and friendly local community, but one detail in the picture, a doll on a plate, could at first glance be perceived as something completely different. We completely understand and offer our deepest apologies," says Nes municipality's chief of communications Elin Brede Kristiansen to Dagbladet.

Kristiansen says that the post was up for a bit under 12 hours before the municipal government deleted the post.

—"We have good routines for use of pictures, but artificial intelligence is still new to us. This was a case of haste and recklessness leading to a bad outcome, and I take full responsibility for it," she says.

She confirms that the municipality will change its routines going forward.

—"Going forward, all AI-generated pictures will go through an extra quality check before publication, particularly focusing on details that could be misunderstood. We want to use new technologies responsibly."

Nes is not the first Norwegian municipality to cause an AI commotion, however: Earlier this year, Tromsø municipality was criticized for its use of artificial intelligence to help write an important report, which ended up containing a number of mistakes. An AI expert described that situation at the time as "a completely unnecessary embarrassment".