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Politicians and famous people: real or AI?

Pictures of well-known people travel fastest and do the most damage when they are false. Some of these were AI inventions passed off as news. Others were real photographs that people refused to believe. Each one is traced to its source.

PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?REAL

Donald Trump seen through a plane window, beside a large printed sheet

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

Politicians and business leaders raise a toast at a black-tie dinner

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Pope Francis walking outdoors in a long white quilted puffer coat, with a crucifix on a chain around his neck.

Pope Francis in a white puffer jacket

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

Clips said to show Volodymyr Zelenskyy belly dancing

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

Rows of solar-powered sleeping pods for homeless people, shared as Germany's 'Ulmer Nest'

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON FACEBOOKReal or AI?ALTERED

Barack Obama appears to say ordinary people are too small-minded to govern themselves

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON INSTAGRAMReal or AI?AI-MADE

People run across an airport as a huge explosion goes off behind them, shared as the Riyadh airport attack

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON INSTAGRAMReal or AI?AI-MADE

A young woman tells stand-up jokes to a laughing audience in Instagram clips

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON FACEBOOKReal or AI?AI-MADE

Elon Musk appears to warn that a billion people could die from water shortages

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A man with blond hair in a dark suit being held by a crowd of police officers in a street.

Donald Trump being arrested by police

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump sit together under a tree in a garden

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

Australia's prime minister falls face first off a red-carpet stage during an official welcome

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?MISLEADING

A portable signal-blocking device with aerials standing on a road

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?REAL

Donald and Melania Trump frowning at the camera on a White House balcony

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

Five film stars at a seaside barbecue, said to be Malibu in 1965

See the proof ↗PICTURE SHARED ON XReal or AI?AI-MADE

World leaders squeeze into a selfie at the BRICS summit

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