Although fake, AI-generated images depicting the historic landmark ablaze have circulated online, the historic Hollywood sign has not been damaged in the California wildfires.

Images and videos purporting to show the historic Hollywood sign engulfed in flames are spreading across X and other social media platforms as wildfires rage through Los Angeles, California. But the visuals are fakes,

Social media users have been sharing fake images of the Hollywood sign burning as deadly wildfires raged across Los Angeles, but the famous landmark was not impacted, according to witnesses.

An expert on generative AI says the image is a fabrication. The chair of the group that maintains the sign says it was not affected by the fires.