AI or Real?
Ten pictures. Some are real photos, some were made by an AI image model. Can you tell? No people in any picture: landscapes, food and objects only.
Look closely at textures, edges, reflections and any text.
How to spot an AI image
- Too-perfect surfaces and glossy, even lighting.
- Text that melts into squiggles.
- Repeating patterns (leaves, tiles, bricks) that drift or merge.
- Reflections and shadows that do not match the light.
- Fine detail that turns to mush when you zoom in: hair, grass, fabric.
Modern models fix many of these, which is why the game gets hard.
Photo credits
The AI images were made by Strawberry Lemonade AI with FLUX.1 [dev] via fal.ai. Real photos come from Wikimedia Commons:
- Real photo: Lake Sylvester during the sunrise, Kahurangi, New Zealand, by Michal Klajban, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Frische, selbstgemachte Reibekuchen-8786, by Raimond Spekking, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Longines 4 Grand Prix pocket watch - clockwork visible - enhanced resolution DSF3402-PSMS, by Franz van Duns, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Munnar - Lockhart tea plantation, by Ingo Mehling, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Paulie Gee's Slice Shop (35386), by Rhododendrites, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Parked bicycle with graffitied building facade and doors in Amsterdam, by Basile Morin, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Snow Canyon, by The Cosmonaut, source, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca
- Real photo: Bowl of Strawberries, by ShakataGaNai, source, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Real photo: Matcha tea latte with rosetta latte art, by Irvan Ary Maulana, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Sopot 2023 10 Lighthouse, by Scotch Mist, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Backlit keyboard, by Colin, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Snowshil-Lavender, by Saffron Blaze, source, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Real photo: Sashimi of SĂŁo Paulo, by Wilfredor, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Old friends, by Herbythyme, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Koh Mak (island), Thailand, Palm trees on the beach, by Vyacheslav Argenberg, source, CC BY 4.0
- Real photo: Breads of Russia, by Dmitry Makeev, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Knoblauch BlĂŒte focus stack-20250713-RM-111019, by Reinhold Möller Ermell, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Bamberg Bruderwald Herbst-20151102-RM-110637, by Ermell, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: At New York City 2024 120, by Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., source, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real photo: Ensign Midget - model 22 camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll, by Franz van Duns, source, CC BY-SA 4.0
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