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.