AI/Deepfake

Viral Photo Claiming To Show Elon Musk With Daughter Who Beat Cancer Is AI-Generated

Written By Kushel Madhusoodan, Edited By Pankaj Menon

AI/Deepfake Fact Check Viral

Mar 17, 2025

Claim

Photo of billionaire Elon Musk with his daughter after her successful five-year battle against cancer.

The post can be seen here.

Fact

Newschecker ran a keyword search for “Elon Musk child cancer”, which did not lead us to any credible news report or public information about any of Musk’s daughters battling cancer.

We noticed the watermark of Grok, an AI assistant by xAI, in the bottom-right corner of the viral image, suggesting that it was AI-generated. Newschecker then ran the image past WasitAI, an online AI-image detector, which stated: There is some chance that this image, or parts of it, was created by AI. The AIorNot tool said that the image was likely AI-generated, while the SightEngine tool concluded that the image was 99% likely AI-generated.

Also Read: Viral Video of PM Narendra Modi Wearing Skull Cap And Praying Is AI-Generated

Source
Image analysis
SightEngine tool
AIorNot tool
WasitAI tool

RESULT

Altered Photo/Video

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