Have you ever looked at a photo and exclaimed, “Wow, that looks so real!” But was the photo really real?
New research has revealed that people frequently mistake photos created using AI, or artificial intelligence, for real.
According to the IPR Digital Media Research Center, two large experiments were conducted between February and June 2024, in which more than fifty thousand people participated.
They were shown AI-generated and real-life images—and asked whether the photo was real or fake.
The results were surprising.