With the help of GAN (Generative Adversarial Network), it has been possible to train the model with existing photos and generate non-existing random individuals.
It is becoming difficult to identify which images are real and which are fake.
Even there can be images of people who actually do not exist at all.
The cover photo I have used is an AI-generated fake photo.
These photographs can be used on social media platforms to misidentify, harass, etc.
In this blog post, I have mentioned a few tricks to detect a fake AI-generated image with your bare eyes.
Tricks
Disclaimer:
These tricks are not 100% guaranteed that these are fake images. But, should be enough to bring in a sense of intuition and make you alert. You need to do your own due diligence.
With more advanced AI, I have no doubt that these tricks will be obsolete.
1. Eye Alignment
Check if the face and eyes are center-aligned on the image.
Even if somebody will crop the photo, check for the eye alignment always parallel to the ground.
Even if someone will rotate the image, you can easily find it.
2. Ear or Earring
Check if one of the earrings is missing.
Check the ear is missing fully.
Now the GAN models forget these things, but sure they will improve.
3. Hairs
Check if hairs are abruptly on air. You can see this picture to get an idea.
4. Background
Vague background, which does not represent any actual place or any place at all.
Actual people click photos in a realistic background.
5. Irregular pupil size
This one is a bit difficult to check.
To know this you need to zoom in till you get to see the eye pupil clearly.
The left one is a real child, the right girl is a fake one.
Bonus Tricks
Check if eye colors are mismatched.
The face is deformed or another nearby person’s face is deformed.
Check for eyelid hairs, if they do not look right.
Hope you learned something new today and stay alert on social media. As technology is a two-faced sword, with the advancement of technology, we need to be vigilant.
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