AI-Generated Image Viral as SRH Squad Praying to Lord Jesus Before Match

AI-detection tool Hive Moderation revealed that the image was AI-generated and not real.

Fact-Check: This image is AI-generated and not a real incident.

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

An image showing Indian Premiere League (IPL) team Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) captain Ishan Kishan, the SRH team and CEO Kavya Maran praying in front of a portrait of Jesus Christ, before a match, is being shared on social media as a recent incident.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Facebook) 

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

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

What we found: At first, we ran a relevant keyword search to check whether such an incident had unfolded in any of the IPL matches recently. However, we did not find any reports on this.

• Team WebQoof then closely examined the image and noticed several irregularities such as the spelling of "Mumbai Indians"and "Sunrisers Hyderabad."

• Additionally, Lord Jesus's hand merges with the candle, placed on the cooler.

• Such anomalies are often present in AI-generated visuals.

Here is a close-up of the image. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

• This led us to run the image on AI-detection tools Hive Moderation and Sightengine which revealed that the image was AI-generated.

Here are the results by Hive Moderation. 

Here are the results by Sightengine. 

Conclusion: The viral image is created using AI and is not real, as claimed.

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