Alex Buscemi
Ordering from Temu is a gamble. The online retailer offers unbeatable prices. However, the China-based marketplace is also notorious for having less-than-stellar quality. There’s often a huge difference between what you want versus what you get.
Annie from Tennessee (@annieleighsweettea) saw a sweet deal on some adorable kitty-themed coloring books for sale on Temu. So she snatched them up. But when they arrived in the mail and she began to leaf through the black-and-white pages, she noticed something was… off.
She took to TikTok to share her somewhat unsettling discovery.
This woman ordered a cat-themed coloring book from Temu and noticed something strange about the artwork
Based on the front and back covers, the coloring book appeared to offer a fun, adorable, and whimsical adventure.
But you can never judge a book by its cover — especially if the book came from Temu.
Turns out the artwork was AI-generated and the publisher clearly didn’t have a newer version of the tech.
“I got a coloring book on Temu and some markers because I’ve been liking coloring a lot lately,” she says in the video, which has been viewed over 2 million times. “And here’s the cover.”
“And the back. Cute, right?”
First appearances were fine, but when she began to look through the pages, she noticed the artwork was clearly AI-generated — poorly
“And then we got to the first page,” she says.
“What’s that? Is that his foot or his tail? I don’t know.”
“Um, I’m not sure what’s happening there.”
“Okay, so a couple weird ones.”
“That one’s mostly normal. It’s got some lumps.”
“What’s going on with that?”
“Okay. What’s happening with that cat? The backgrounds are all normal. Flower pots and landscapes.”
“I don’t even know what that is. What’s going on over here? And that’s the thing from SpongeBob that wants chocolate.”
“Okay, that’s the most normal one I’ve seen. It has; I don’t know what’s going on; okay, maybe it’s not.”
“Wow, wow, wow. And the floor is, wow.”
“Okay, these ones are pretty; never mind. These are okay.”
“There we go. That’s what a cat looks like.”
“That one has five arms.”
“That one looks normal. Okay, we’re getting it; we’re getting there. All right, so it’s not all of them.”
“And we’re back.”
Watch the full video here
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