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Deepfake detected

First analyzed Apr 17, 2026, 7:03 PM · authenticity score 38/100
#290
AI confidence
95%
Risk level: critical
Post-processing
Detected
composite

Findings

Recommendation

This image is a heavily post-processed composite. It combines a real photograph (of the man and background) with a sophisticated Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) robot. While the human elements and environment appear authentic, the inclusion of a CGI character makes it a manipulated image. It is not an 'UNMODIFIED ORIGINAL' nor is it fully 'AI-GENERATED' from scratch by current text-to-image models. The uploader's suspicion of 'Gemini Imagen' is likely incorrect for the entire image generation, as the details on the human and text are too precise for typical AI generation, but the robot itself is a digital creation and could be part of an AI-assisted VFX pipeline. The 'vfxco' logo confirms professional visual effects.

Content hash (SHA-256)

128bf004bc7eb783202133a100e33dc3d0bdf517ca34485a2597a4a601cd473c

This is a deepfake (38/100 authenticity). AI-generated or AI-altered.

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