{"id":7553,"date":"2023-11-27T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T10:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2024-05-03T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:21:01","slug":"viral-images-of-children-observing-bombings-in-gaza-are-ai-generated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/viral-images-of-children-observing-bombings-in-gaza-are-ai-generated\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Images of Children Observing Bombings in Gaza are AI-Generated\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faktoje.al\/keto-imazhe-femijesh-nen-bombardime-ne-gaza-jane-krijim-i-ai\/\" title=\"\">Original article<\/a>\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 04\/11\/2023; Author: Pustina Patris<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Several images circulating online purportedly show Palestinian children looking at explosions in Gaza. Faktoje&#8217;s verification revealed that these images were generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the bombings in Gaza continue into their fifth week, a number of unverified images circulate on social media, purportedly depicting the situation in the Gaza Strip. Notably, Faktoje encountered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/idealistial\/posts\/pfbid029ouxSgyezAGsqadVLdEYMjLcLP1c9xtmFkFQduNJ9Xxdrh1ty9TGKNoDega7r17Hl\">two images <\/a> suggesting silhouettes of children amidst rubble, seemingly gazing at explosions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-9.png 282w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-9-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-10.png 397w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-10-260x300.png 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">IDEALISTI-al, Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering that these images, even at a glance, resemble paintings rather than authentic pictures of a war zone, Faktoje took the initiative to verify their authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiornot.com\/\">AI or Not<\/a> software, Faktoje discovered that images above were generated by Artificial Intelligence software (AI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-11.png 852w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-11-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-11-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-13.png 719w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-13-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot, AI or Not<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, using Google Reverse Image Search engine, Faktoje discovered that the second image was originally posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gundemedairhs\/status\/1711867800090747094\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0 by GDH Turkish Media. The image was captioned <em>\u201cPicture of life in Gaza drawn by Artificial Intelligence\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-12.png 596w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pasted-image-0-12-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original article\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 04\/11\/2023; Author: Pustina Patris Several images circulating online purportedly show Palestinian children looking at explosions in Gaza. Faktoje&#8217;s verification revealed that these images were generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) software. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 As the bombings in Gaza continue into their fifth week, a number of unverified images circulate on social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[231,183,230,107,178,198,197,173],"class_list":["post-7553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks","tag-ai","tag-armed-conflict","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-children","tag-gaza","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-israel-palestine-war","tag-palestine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7560,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions\/7560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}