The prank uses artificial intelligence to create a picture or video of a “homeless man” entering a person’s home, going through their fridge, or lying in their bed.

Police in Salem are denouncing pranks that use artificial intelligence to create images of homeless men at people’s homes, in some cases leading people to call 911 to report a burglary.

Law enforcement departments in several states said that an online trend in which people are tricked into believing a homeless ...