Can you spot an AI-created photo?

Here’s one.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/08/technology/ai-generated-image-look-close.html?emc=edit_ufn_20261009&nl=from-the-times&segment_id=227849

It’s a photo for readers to hone their skills on.

It took less than 10 seconds to spot at least 4 giveaways that it was fake.

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Usually just look at the hands. They are hard to draw and AI can’t do decent jobs with them.

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Yes it is obviously fake if you look properly, but passes for real at a casual glance as the hands have improved now. And why should I have to interrogate every image to check!!

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