阿克伦动物园辟谣「狮子出逃」：疯传照片是AI生成，园内狮子都好好的
位于美国俄亥俄州萨米特县阿克伦市的阿克伦动物园（Akron Zoo）11月7日在社交平台发文辟谣：网上疯传的「非洲狮逃出动物园」说法不实，园内狮子都安然待在自己的栖息区里。园方说，这轮谣言里甚至有一张号称拍到逃出狮子的照片，是AI生成的图片。
据《阿克伦灯塔日报》（Akron Beacon Journal）报道，园方表示，11月4日星期三，动物园确实与阿克伦市警察局和消防局举行过一次演练，目的是为各类潜在紧急情况做准备和练习；那只是一次演练，并没有狮子出逃。
园方在声明中说：「我们的狮子依然安全地待在它们的栖息区内。」（Our lions remain in the safety of their habitat）据该报列举，园内的非洲狮包括 Mandisa、Donovan、Kataba 和 Msinga。
这起谣言的传播路径，是本轮社交平台热帖的典型样本：一张AI生成的「出逃狮子」图片配上数日前的演练消息，在网上被当成真实事件扩散，直到动物园本方出面澄清。GSM 不转载该AI图片，只按园方声明与当地媒体报道如实记录辟谣经过。
Akron Zoo Debunks Viral Lion-Escape Rumor: The Circulating Photo Was AI-Generated and Its Lions Are Safe
The Akron Zoo in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, took to social media on November 7 to dispel a viral rumor: claims that its African lions had escaped their enclosure are false, and all of its lions remain safely in their habitat. The zoo said the rumor mill even included a purported photo of an escaped lion that was AI-generated.
According to the Akron Beacon Journal, the zoo said it did hold a drill on Wednesday, November 4, involving the Akron police and fire departments, to prepare and practice for a variety of potential emergencies at the zoo. It was just a drill; no lion got out.
"Our lions remain in the safety of their habitat," the zoo said in its statement. The paper listed the zoo's resident African lions as Mandisa, Donovan, Kataba and Msinga.
The episode followed a familiar pattern for viral social posts: an AI-generated "escaped lion" image, combined with word of the drill held days earlier, spread online as if it were a real event until the zoo itself stepped in to correct the record. GSM is not republishing the AI image and reports only the zoo's statement and local coverage of the debunking.
来源：阿克伦动物园
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：阿克伦动物园的非洲狮资料图（Sgerbic摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons；非本次事件图，疯传的AI图片未转载）
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