These pictures are not all what they seem… so can you tell the real photos from the fake AI ones?
- Read more: Winner of Sony World Photography Award refuses to accept his prize
It’s the fast-growing technology that continues to fool millions of social media users around the world – but how adept are YOU at spotting a fake AI photo?
From the Pope posing in a puffer coat to Donald Trump being arrested on the streets of New York, images created by artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly convincing.
While some of the snaps are clearly fake and designed to amuse or make a political statement, there are experts who fear the technology’s potential to become a weapon of mass disinformation.
It comes as a German artist who won the Sony World Photography Award this week refused to accept his prize after revealing his black and white portrait of two women was in fact created by AI.
Boris Eldagsen tricked competition organisers with his entry, Pseudomnesia: The Electrician – a haunting close-up of two women in a grainy sepia which won the creative open category
Boris Eldagsen tricked competition organisers with his entry, Pseudomnesia: The Electrician – a haunting close-up of two women in a grainy sepia which won the creative open category.
He stunned organisers by rejecting the award, claiming that ‘AI is not photography’ – as he hopes to create a discussion surrounding the future of art.
The World Photography Organisation, who run the Sony awards, told MailOnline that they had been deliberately mis-led by Eldagsen about the extent to which AI would be involved.
Below are some photos of celebrities, world leaders and everyday people, but can you sift fact from fiction? (Find the answers below the pictures).
1. An image of Joe Biden dancing in his office upon hearing the news of Donald Trump’s indictment
2. An image of Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with a woman on the street
3. A supposed picture of a happy couple beaming from ear to ear
4. A 1950s inspired image sees a husband kiss his wife on the cheek as she pulls a cake from the oven
5. An image of French president Emmanuel Macron volunteering to pick up rubbish
6. An image of Tom Cruise holding up a penny while looking into the camera
7. An image appears to show Russian president Vladimir Putin greeting Chinese president Xi Jingping
8. A supposed photo of a young blonde woman
9. An image of Putin praying while dressed in traditional monk clothing
10. A young couple are all smiles as they stare into the camera
11. An image of Prince Harry picking up a McDonald’s
12. An image of Mike Tyson wearing a Winnie The Pooh onesie
13. An image of Boris Johnson sporting a black puffer jacket
14. A young girl stares into the camera
15. An image of Lady Gaga in Joker-inspired make-up
16. A young woman bakes in her kitchen on a sunny afternoon
17. An image of Kate Middleton’s side profile in an apparent photo shoot
18. Two male friends raise a toast at a house party
So which of the photos are AI fakes and which are real?
1. FAKE
2. FAKE
3. REAL
4. REAL
5. FAKE
6. FAKE
7. FAKE
8. FAKE
9. FAKE
10. REAL
11. FAKE
12. FAKE
13. FAKE
14. FAKE
15. REAL
16. REAL
17. FAKE
18. FAKE
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