A Herald Sun article and an accompanied photoshopped image of Corey Worthington and Ben Cousins (Image: Herald Sun/Private Media)
A Herald Sun article and an accompanied photoshopped image of Corey Worthington and Ben Cousins (Image: Herald Sun/Private Media)

The News Corp tabloids are going through a period of transition when it comes to images used in articles. While the Sydney-based The Daily Telegraph is increasingly using AI to illustrate stories, its southern counterpart the Herald Sun has held firm, instead choosing to retain human input for its graphic design. 

Humans, however, are as prone to some of the same inexplicable gaffes as AI, as one article in the Herald Sun this week has highlighted. A recent anonymous “staff writers” effort from the paper was titled: