A photograph purportedly showing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal with Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is being shared on social media platforms where users are claiming that the duo recently met in Delhi.
This comes ahead of the upcoming Delhi Elections which are scheduled for February 2025.
How did we find out the truth?: We checked Musk and Kejriwal's social media handles and did not find any such picture of them together.
We also did not find any reports of the duo meeting in Delhi recently nor Musk visiting India.
We noticed discrepancies in the image, for example, Musk's hand had a weirdly shaped cut/bulge.
We also noticed Kejriwal's teeth to be aligned differently than reality and his fingernails to be extra smooth.
Hive Moderation, an AI-detection tool result showed that this image is 97.4 percent likely created using AI.
An analysis shared by TrueMedia concluded that the image has substantial evident of manipulation.
It also noted that there is 87 percent chance of the image being AI-generated.
Conclusion: An AI-generated image of Elon Musk and Arvind Kejriwal is going viral on social media as real.
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