AI-Generated Image Falsely Shared as Aerial View of Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road

The photo is AI-generated and does not show the Outer Ring Road in Hyderabad.

An AI-generated image has gone viral with the false claim that it shows Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

An image which purportedly shows an aerial view of the 156 kilometres long Nehru Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Hyderabad is being shared on social media, where users have marveled over its beauty and length.

An archived version of this post can be seen here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

(Archived versions of more post sharing this claim can be seen here and here.)

But...?: The image is an AI-generated one and does not show the Nehru ORR in Hyderabad.

How did we find out the truth?: We ran a reverse image search using Google Images, but did not find any credible source sharing this image.

• Next, we looked up 'Hyderabad Outer Ring Road Aerial View' on YouTube to look for visuals of the road.

• This led us to several videos, some from verified channels, which showed drone footage of the road.

• Another video showing the road's aerial view can be seen here.

• We also found a photo of the road on the website of the company which handled the project, IRB Infrastructure.

The company handling the project shared a photo on their website.

(Source: IRB Infrastructure/Screenshot)

• With these visuals, it is evident that the image in the claim is not Hyderbad's ORR.

• However, the image was also not shared by any credible sources, which pointed towards the image being completely fake.

• To check whether it had been created using Artificial Intelligence, we submitted it to Hive Moderation and Sight Engine.

• Hive Moderation's AI content detection tool showed 99.8 percent confidence that the image was generated using AI.

Hive Moderation was sure that the image is an AI-generated one.

(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot_

Similarly, Sight Engine, too, said that the image was "likely AI generated," giving it a 99 percent confidence score.

Both tools said that the image was AI generated.

(Source: Sight Engine/Screenshot)

Conclusion: The image does not show Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road and is an AI-generated one.

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