r/findagrave

Hi everybody! Hoping for a bit of guidance, I saw this quite unsettling ‘restored’ picture on a lady’s memorial today, I can see that it has had some kind of editing done but I don’t know how to tell if it is AI or not? There is a little symbol in the left corner but I don’t know what that means (Ive never used genAI or any editing software so not clued in on what is what!), was just wondering if anyone on here could tell if it’s just some kind of bad photoshop job or if it has been done with AI? There’s no photo of the original picture on the memorial or source cited, so have no idea what the picture is based off, but would appreciate some help if you are able to tell, thanks in advance! 😊

If you are on FG for any length of time you may have noticed a new button on every memorial page labeled “Gravestone Cleaning”. When clicked this take you to a web page for “Tending”, a group that says they can clean and restore headstones. This is a Uber like app where a central source gets people to perform a function, in this case, grave marker maintenance.

As a historic cemetery conservator I can honestly tell you this “app” Tending does not hire experienced conservators. In fact in their advertising they use processes that should never be used in historic cemeteries, I.e. pressure washing, grinding, bare crowbars, etc.

These folks are going to do irreparable damage to historic stone. They should be outlawed and FG should never be promoting such a service. Personally I disgusted with FG for anything to do with this organization.

I encourage everyone to write a stern but nice email to support@findagrave.com asking them to stop this association before more harm is done.

Is this AI??

Tending App and FG advertising of. HORRENDOUS.