Nick Suzuki apparent AI photos with wife, newborn draw Canadiens fan backlash

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The world of artificial intelligence continues to become a more and more involved part in day-to-day life.

It appears to have showed up in an unexpected way on Sunday night, though, as the Montreal Canadiens took on the Buffalo Sabres in a game broadcast in Canada on Sportsnet.

Canadiens fans noticed that in a segment about Habs captain Nick Suzuki, there seemed to be AI photos of Suzuki with his wife and newborn.

This is what Habs social media began to complain about:

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A number of accounts noticed the oddity and shared their feelings of displeasure:

There appears to have been no mention by Sportsnet that these were indeed photos generated by AI -- and there's technically no clear way to know with absolute certainty where these pictures did or didn't come from.

That's one of the trickiest parts of AI, which can often do a pretty realistic job -- it can be hard to know what to trust.