AI-Generated 'Wedding' Images of Shubman Gill and Sara Tendulkar Viral as Real

AI-detection tools such as Hive Moderation and Sightengine declared this image as created using AI.

Fact-Check: This image has been created using AI and is not real. 

(Source: The Quint) 

A viral post allegedly showing wedding images of cricketer Shubman Gill and veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's daughter, Sara Tendulkar, is being shared on social media platforms.

Those sharing the image further said that cricketer Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma had attended the event.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as the images were generated using artificial intelligence (AI).

What we found: At first, we noticed some discrepancies in the image. The blurred background and the smooth texture of faces hinted that the image could be generated using AI.

Here are some discrepancies that we found in the image. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

• We, then, ran the images on AI-detection websites such as 'Hive Moderation' and 'Sight Engine'. Both tools noted that the image contained 99% AI-content.

Here are the results by Hive Moderation. 

(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot) 

Here are the results by Sight Engine.

(Source: Sight Engine/Screenshot) 

• We did not find any such update on the official social media handles of Gill or Tendulkar.

Conclusion: A set of AI-generated images of Shubman Gill and Sara Tendulkar have gone viral as real.

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