Hedgehog on a log: real or AI?

As shared

A small hedgehog with its front paws on a log, in a blurred woodland setting.

AI image made with FLUX.1 [schnell], prompted by Wikimedia Commons user Emdosis (2024) · Public domain in the US (AI-generated) · Source

AI-MADE

A machine made this.

How sure we areHigh

Based on 1 strong and 0 supporting piece of evidence.

What we found

This is a close-up picture of a hedgehog. It was never passed off as a real photograph. A Wikimedia Commons user generated it on 15 August 2024 with FLUX.1 [schnell], an AI image model, and uploaded it with the description "Close-up shot of a hedgehog". The file page names the AI model as its author and lists the picture among AI-generated images of animals. Because no person made enough of it to own it, Commons marks it as public domain. We paired it with a real hedgehog photograph in the same round to see whether players could tell them apart. Small animals in soft light are a subject AI tools now copy well, so check where a picture came from rather than trusting how sharp or sweet it looks.

Key facts

Original source: AI image made with FLUX.1 [schnell], prompted by Wikimedia Commons user Emdosis (2024)
First published: Not recorded
Earlier appearances: Not recorded
The claim you saw: No caption recorded
Signs of AI: Yes. Shown below, but not what decided it

The evidence, strongest first

Strong Decides the answer

The maker says soThe uploader's own description on Wikimedia Commons: generated with FLUX.1 [schnell], 15 August 2024↗

Supporting Points the same way

None.

Weak Shown, not relied on

How it looksIt is a little too adorable. The face and chest are covered in soft, fluffy white fur, more like a kitten than a hedgehog, and the spines fan out in a neat, even crown. The paws rest on the log like tiny hands. Behind it, the background melts into a creamy film-style blur. AI tends to give you the idea of a cute hedgehog rather than the animal itself.

Detector scores are often wrong, so they never decide a verdict here.

What we couldn’t establish

Exactly how it was made, and with which prompts, beyond what the sources above say. If you know more, tell us.

Bottom line

Made by AI: the maker says so.

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