AI can generate fake faces now. Here’s how to spot them

AI can generate fake faces now. Here’s how to spot them

AI-generated faces bear some telltale signs. These tips probably won’t be reliable forever, and they’re certainly not applicable to every picture—some generated images are extraordinarily convincing. But every little bit of information helps.

One of the easiest is the big weird blob floating off the top right of the person’s head. That kind of artifact or aberration is common in AI-generated imagery, consistent with Google’s DeepDream experiments a few years ago.

Algorithms don’t know the number or orientation of teeth, instead drawing on examples of teeth from all different angles. Sometimes the algorithm messes that up, leaving its creations with odd and mangled teeth.

Patterns are sometimes a mystery for people-generating algorithms, which can lead to strange structures in the background of images, or strange clothing on the generated subject. McDonald says to especially watch out for text in the background of generated images, since it’s almost always malformed.

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