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Spotting AI-Generated Images and Videos

1How to Tell If an Image or Video Was Made by AI
How to Tell If an Image or Video Was Made by AI

When the light disagrees

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Anatomy is a soft test, because real hands are messy too. Lighting is a harder one. A scene has one physical light setup, and every object in it has to obey that setup at the same time.
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Lighting is a stricter test than anatomy because a scene has one physical light setup, and every object in it must obey that setup. If a single light source casts shadows in two different directions, or if a reflection shows a scene that is not actually present, the image is internally inconsistent. The same applies to materials: glass, metal, and water have predictable behavior, and surfaces that bend light or reflect it impossibly are strong cues. These inconsistencies are harder to explain away as camera error than a strange hand.

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