An image showing Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu on a hospital bed is going viral on social media as a recent one.
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(Source: X/Screenshot)
How did we find out the truth?: We checked Netanyahu's official X (formerly Twitter) account and did not find any such image shared by him.
In fact, we found a post from 2 April about Netanyahu's health update which specified that he has been discharged from the hospital.
It also carries his photo and shows him in a good condition.
We also ran the image through AI-detection tools like Hive Moderation and True Media.
These tools also concluded that the viral image is not authentic and is AI-generated.
Both of the tools showed 97 percent likely to be AI-generated.
Screenshot from Hive.
(Source: Hive/Screenshot)
Conclusion: An image of Benjamin Netanyahu generated on Artificial intelligence is being shared as a real image.
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