Fact Check: Viral Photos Of PM Modi And US President Joe Biden Are AI-Generated

New Delhi, Vishvas News – Following the G20 summit in Delhi, social media users have been sharing posts related to the event. In Vishvas News’ investigation, it has been discovered that some of these posts are fake and misleading. Currently, two pictures of Prime Minister Modi and US President Joe Biden are circulating on social media platforms. In one photo, both PM Modi and Joe Biuden can be walking in kurta-pajama, while in the other, they are sitting together. These pictures are being associated with the G20 summit.

Upon examination by Vishvas News, it was determined that these images were created by artificial intelligence (AI) and are not authentic. Users are unknowingly sharing them, believing them to be genuine. Both of these pictures were generated using AI tools.

What’s the viral post?

Facebook user ‘Satish Chandra Saxena‘ (Archive) shared the picture on September 18 and wrote, “Don’t change, make a change; this is the power of Modi ji. Namo Namo.” Another Facebook user, ‘Ajay Kumar Saini’ shared a reel featuring both pictures on September 15, along with the caption “Narendra Modi President Joe Biden” and included the G20 hashtags.

Investigation:

In our investigation of these two pictures, we initially attempted to find the image of PM Modi and US President Joe Biden walking together using Google Reverse Image, Google Lens and Yandex Reverse Image searches. However, no such image was located on any website or social media platform. If such a photo existed, it would likely be present on some websites.

Subsequently, we also searched for the second picture using Google Reverse Image, Yandex Reverse Image and Google Lens, but these searches did not yield any results. We then employed AI-generated photo analysis tools to verify these pictures. When the first picture was analyzed using Hugging Face, it was determined to be 95 per cent artificial.

The second picture, when uploaded to Hugging Face, was determined to be 55 per cent artificial. When these pictures were uploaded to Illuminati, the likelihood of AI involvement was calculated to be 56 per cent and 35.2 per cent, respectively.

To further confirm our findings, we reached out to Bhargav Valera, director of Bhargav Arts, a company specialising in AI-generated images. We sent him the viral pictures, and he confirmed, “These are AI-generated images. They are not real and have been created using AI tools.”

According to a news article published on the Dainik Jagran website on September 12, 2023, quoting ANI, the G20 summit in Delhi concluded on September 10 under India’s chairmanship, and the United States declared it a complete success.

Lastly, we examined the profile of the Facebook user who shared AI-generated photos. According to our findings, the user resides in Mumbai and has approximately 3,400 friends.