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A promotional photo of Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders holding her new book has prompted suspicions that the image was AI-generated, after apparent spelling errors appeared on its cover. The Times of India reports that “clarity” appears as “clerity” and other lettering looks distorted.
Why it mattersThat is a reason to question the image, not proof of how it was made: the report does not establish that AI was used. In image generation, the text can be the tell, though here the tell is still only a clue.
Discuss: When an image has obvious text errors, is that enough to label it AI-generated, or should publishers wait for confirmation?
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