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LESSON 5 · Don't Get Fooled: Media Literacy

Telltale Signs in AI Images

AI-generated images still carry subtle giveaways. Look closely for:

  • Mismatched details — earrings or sleeves that do not match left to right
  • Garbled text — letters on signs or labels that never form real words
  • Melting backgrounds — patterns that dissolve into mush behind the subject
  • Strange hands — extra fingers or joints that bend the wrong way

These flaws are fading fast as models improve, but checking for them still catches many fakes today.