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There is a huge difference between interpolating pixels and inserting whole objects into pictures.
Both insert pixels that didn't exist before, so where do we draw the line of how much of that is acceptable?
Look it this way: If you have an unreadable licence plate because of low resolution, interpolating won't make it readable (as long as we didn't switch to a CSI universe). An AI, on the other hand, could just "invent" (I know, I know, normy speak in your eyes) a readable one.
You will draw yourself the line when you get your first ticket for speeding, when it wasn't your car.
License plates is an interesting case because with a known set of visual symbols (known fonts used by approved plate issuers) you can often accurately deblur even very very blurry text (but not with AI algorithms, but rather by modeling the blur of the cameras and the unique blur gradients this results in for each letter). It does require a certain minimum pixel resolution of the letters to guarantee unambiguity though.