AI illustrates: How to shorten a Casio watch band

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I keep getting watch news articles in my Google News Feed. I should adjust my settings to get rid of them, but they keep giving me gems like this photo below.

GUIDE TO SHORTENING A CASIO WATCH BAND



The accompanying article is clearly assembled by a large language model AI and is a generic description of resizing a bracelet, but the images are something from a watchmaker's fever dream!

Here's what the algorithm used to illustrate an article about the popularity of the Seiko 5:



Watch journalists are safe for at least one more product cycle, I think. After that, all bets are off.