People Are Selling Exotic AI-Generated Flowers Everywhere Online – and None of Them Exist

Collage: AI-generated images of unusually colored, giant teddy bear sunflowers that are used to sell seeds online. Article by Annemarije de Boer. Gadget Review – July 1, 2026.

You’re scrolling through Etsy on a Sunday afternoon, and there it is: a sunflower so vibrantly purple it looks like it was designed by a Wes Anderson set decorator. You almost add seeds to your cart. The price is low. The photo is stunning. The flower does not exist. Across eBay, Amazon, and Etsy, scammers are reportedly using AI-generated and color-manipulated images to sell seeds for plants with no real-world counterpart, according to WTOP. […]

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