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Real pictures that people called fake

Not every mistake runs one way. As AI pictures get better, more real ones are dismissed as fake. These are genuine photographs and clips that people refused to believe, with the source that proves each one.

The Earth as a full, sunlit disc against black space, with Africa and swirling white cloud visible.

The whole Earth, seen from space

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

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

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

A tiny deer squares up to a rhino in a snowy zoo enclosure

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

A rider climbs out of a roller coaster car at the top of a hill, shared as the Six Flags Over Georgia accident

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

Dozens of ships at anchor filmed from a low-flying plane, shared as oil tankers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz

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 XReal or AI?MISLEADING

Fire damages the front of a Saudia passenger jet beside a burning ground vehicle

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

Crowds of protesters on the streets in Iran, shared as happening now

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 ↗

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