Photo of NSA Ajit Doval, Pinaki Bhattacharya, and Krishna Nandi Is AI-Generated

The image is an AI-generated one and doesn't show NSA Ajit Doval dining with Pinaki Bhattacharya and Krishna Nandi.

An AI-generated image is being shared to falsely claim that it shows NSA Ajit Doval dining with Pinaki Bhattacharya and Krishna Nandi.

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

A photo showing National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Bangladeshi activist Pinaki Bhattacharya, and Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Krishna Nandi is being widely shared on social media.

The claim: The image is being shared to claim that it shows the three gentlemen at "an elite restaurant in Delhi," sparking discussions on social media.

An archived version of this post can be seen here.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

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

Is it true?: No, the image is AI-generated and not a real photo.

There is no evidence to support the claim that the three met in Delhi.

How do we know?: We ran a reverse image search on the photo, and found that it was only being shared on social media.

• We did not find any credible source or official outlet sharing this image.

• Next, we ran a keyword search with their names, but did not come across any reports about them meeting in India or Bangladesh.

• In the image itself, we noticed one odd detail. Outside the window, one can see a yellow taxi, which is typically seen in Kolkata, not Delhi.

Yellow taxis are not typically seen in Delhi.

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

• Given this detail and the lack of credible reports, we ran the image through AI-generated content detectors.

• SightEngine's tool said that it was 96 percent sure about the image being an AI-generated one, noting that it was likely made using Google's Imagen.

It was very confident about the image being an AI-generated one.

(Source: SightEngine/Screenshot)

• Similarly, Hive Moderation's tool showed 99.9 percent certainty about the image being an AI-generated one.

Hive was highly confident about the image being an AI-generated one.

(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot)

Conclusion: An AI-generated image is being shared to claim that it shows NSA Ajit Doval, Pinaki Bhattacharya, and Krishna Nandi dining together in Delhi.

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