Fact-Check: This Image of Spiritual Speaker Jaya Kishori Is AI-Generated

The image has been generated using AI tools and has several anomalies.

Fact-Check | The image is AI-generated and does not show a real visual.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

An image of spiritual speaker Jaya Kishori is going viral on the internet with users claiming that it shows an old visual, when she was supposedly trying to make her name in the film industry.

What are users saying?: Sharing the image, an X (formerly Twitter) user said, "This is a picture of the time when madam wanted to make a name for herself in the film world! Then madam realized that becoming a Baba is the easiest job!."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)

Is this image real?: No, it had some discrepancies that are commonly spotted in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated images.

• We passed it through two detection tools, which indicated significant probability of the image being generated using AI.

No credible news reports: We did not find any credible news reports or any information in the public that talked about or carried the same visual of the spiritual speaker.

Discrepancies in the viral image: We noticed that the fingers of both hands appeared merging into each other and deformed.

• These errors are commonly spotted in AI-generated images, which hinted towards the possibility of this image being made using AI as well.

The image had several discrepancies.

(Source: Viral image/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

What did detection tools show?: Team WebQoof passed the viral image through two AI detection tools namely — TrueMedia and Hive Moderation. Both of them showed substantial evidence of the image being AI-generated.

The tool showed substantial evidence of the image being AI-generated.

The tool showed over 83 percent probability of the image being AI-generated.

Conclusion: It is clear that the image has been generated using AI tools.

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