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AI-Generated Photos Of Mohammed Shami With Sania Mirza Shared As Real

Written By Kushel Madhusoodan, Edited By Chayan Kundu
Dec 26, 2024
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Claim

Several photos, claiming to show Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami with former tennis star Sania Mirza, sparked rumours of the two athletes being in a relationship and a potential wedding.


The archived versions of the posts can be seen here and here.

Fact

Newschecker noticed the extra glossy texture of the images and the blurry backgrounds, signs pointing towards the media being AI-generated.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 99.8% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 99.5% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 99.9% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 99.1% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 99.8% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 99.7% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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We ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection tool, which said it is 98.5% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another tool, TrueMedia, too, concluded that there was “substantial evidence of manipulation”.

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Result: Altered Media

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TrueMedia tool
HiveModeration tool



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