Guides to spotting AI images
Honest, practical checks for the pictures you actually meet: profile photos, forwards, receipts, listings and the news. Each guide says what still works, what no longer does, and where Perspicax helps.
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AI-generatedHow do you tell if an image is AI?
Combine four checks: look for a label in the file, look closely at details that must agree, find where the image first appeared, and use a detector built for the job. Perspicax checks fully generated images with computer vision and TrueEye 2.3. Pick the guide for your situation below.
How to tell if an image is AI generated
The four checks that work on any picture, from quickest to most reliable.
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By source
Who made it, and with what.
How to tell if a photo was edited with AI
Generative fill, object removal, face swaps: what you can check, and what a detector can and can't tell you.
Read the guide8 minHow to tell if an image was made with ChatGPT
OpenAI's labels and watermarks, what survives sharing, the look of GPT Image, and how to check any copy.
Read the guide6 minHow to tell if an image was made with Gemini
The sparkle, Google's watermark and labels, Google's own checks, and how to check a Nano Banana image when they're gone.
Read the guide7 minWhich AI made this image?
Labels that name the tool, watermarks only their maker can read, and the clues that hint at a generator.
Read the guide7 min
People and profiles
Faces, accounts and matches.
Is this profile picture AI-generated?
Fake accounts, recruiters and people who don't exist: the checks that still work on a single face.
Read the guide8 minAre these dating photos real?
Catfish, romance scams and too-good-to-be-true matches: how to check the photos before you meet or send anything.
Read the guide7 min
Sharing and news
Before you forward, post or publish.
How to spot AI images on social media
What "AI info" and other labels mean on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and X, and how to check a post that has none.
Read the guide7 minCheck a photo before you share it
WhatsApp forwards, group chats and viral posts: a two-minute routine before you pass a picture on.
Read the guide8 minHow to verify a news photo
A verification routine for editors and fact-checkers: triage, provenance, place and time, and a detector as one input.
Read the guide8 min
Business and fraud
Receipts, claims, listings and homes.
How to spot fake receipts made with AI
AI now makes receipts that pass a glance. What to check on the receipt, in the records, and where a detector fits.
Read the guide8 minAI photos in refund and insurance claims
Damaged parcels, spoiled meals, dented cars: how claims teams check photo evidence without failing honest customers.
Read the guide7 minHow to tell if product photos are AI
Shop listings, marketplace ads and seller uploads: how buyers and trust teams check product photos for AI.
Read the guide7 minAI photos in real estate and rentals
Virtual staging, AI-made rooms and fake rentals: what renters, buyers and portals can check before money changes hands.
Read the guide7 min
Methods
Tools you already have.
Check if a photo is AI on your phone
iPhone and Android: the built-in checks, Google Lens, the Gemini app, and checking any photo with Perspicax in your browser.
Read the guide7 minReverse image search for AI images
Find the first copy of a picture, the scene from other angles, or the fact-check someone already wrote.
Read the guide7 min
Detect by generator
Measured results and the labels each generator leaves.
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