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Was this photo of a dead Israeli baby AI-generated? When AI-detection errors muddle public debate

This image shows the results page on the tool AI or Not claiming that the image of the burned baby posted online by Israel was, in fact, AI-generated. Note: we added the gray oval to hide the image of the body. © Observers

On October 12, the official account of the state of Israel posted an image of a tiny, charred body, claiming that the image showed a baby killed by Hamas during the attacks carried out on October 7. In the hours after the image was posted, social media users began to comment, saying that the image had been generated by artificial intelligence, according to the AI detection tool AI or Not. However, several experts – as well as the company behind AI or Not – have said these findings were wrong and that the photo is likely real.

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