Fact-Check: AI-Generated Visual of Jasprit Bumrah in Hospital Viral as Real

These two images have been created using artificial intelligence and are not real.

Fact-Check: These images have been created using AI and are not real.

(Source: The Quint) 

Two images showing Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah in a hospital bed are being shared on social media platforms.

This claim comes following Bumrah's lower-back injury which he sustained during the India and Australia test match in Sydney, Australia.

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 the images have been created using artificial intelligence (AI).

What we found: At first, we noticed the blurred background in the images which hinted at the visual at being created AI.

• We checked the social media handles of Bumrah, but, did not find any image which resembled this.

• Following this, we checked the image on AI-detection websites such as Sightengine and Hive Moderation.

Sightengine: It concluded that the image was 99% generated using AI.

Here are the results by Hive Moderation. 

(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot) 

Hive Moderation: This AI-detection website also concluded that the visual likely contained AI-generated content.

Here are the results by Hive Moderation. 

Here are the results by Hive Moderation.

• Additionally, we found several posts on Facebook which noted that the image was created using AI in their captions.

• A post by user Md Zulfequar, whose profile was listed under the digital creator category uploaded the visual with a similar caption as the viral images.

Here is the post by Facebook user, Md Zulfequar.

(Source: Facebook)

The Quint's WebQoof team has been actively debunking AI-generated visuals which go viral as real images. You can read some of the stories here and here.

Conclusion: An AI-generated visual of Bumrah in a hospital bed has gone viral on social media as real.

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