An image showing the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney photographed with actor Tom Hanks and Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of aiding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the infamous Epstein Island, is being shared on social media platforms.
What we found: At first, we ran a Google reverse image search on the image and found a post on X from February which showed a logo of "Grok" at the bottom right corner, hinting that the image could be AI.
We then ran the image on AI-detection websites Hive Moderation and Sight Engine. The results showed that the image contained 99 percent AI-generated content.
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Here are the results by Hive Moderation.
(Source: Hive Moderation)
Abnormalities in the image: We zoomed into the image and found that the hands of the Maxwell and Hank seemed blurry and strange.
Similarly, the background of the image looked blurry which is a key aspect of AI-generated images.
Conclusion: The viral image is generated using AI and is not real.
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