This Photo of Children Holding Up ‘Get Out Stalin’ Poster Is AI-Generated

The image is an AI-generated one and is not real.

A photo which purportedly shows schoolchildren holding up a sign which reads, 'All Indians are brothers and sisters. Stop North vs South Divide. #GetOutStalin' — referring to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin — has gone viral on social media.

(Archived versions of more claims can be seen here and here.)

Is it real?: No, the image was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, possibly X's Grok AI.

How did we find out the truth?: First, we noticed a few details about the viral photo.

• One girl's hand appears to pass through the sign, while another girl's hand has six fingers.

• These details, along with a watermark reading 'Grok', X's AI tool, indicate that the image is an AI-generated one.

• To confirm this, we submitted the image to two AI-generated content detection tools, by SightEngine and Hive Moderation.

• SightEngine's analysis showed a 99 percent certainty that the image was not real, but an AI-generated one.

Similarly, Hive Moderation's tool showed a 96.9 percent certainty that the image was generated using AI tools.

Conclusion: An AI-generated image is being shared to claim that it shows students protesting Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin.

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