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A viral image showed Nvidia chief Jensen Huang wearing a vintage Saint Laurent jacket. Vanity Fair says the image was generated or edited with OpenAI, according to Google DeepMind’s SynthID detector, and that the original photograph was taken during Huang’s June trip to South Korea, when he wore a Dior jacket.

That makes this more than a fashion mix-up: an altered image can pick up a life of its own before anyone checks what it depicts. Vanity Fair’s account is the source for the detector result, not independent proof of how the image was made. AI image checks can help, but a detector’s verdict is not the same as a visible label or a reliable trail back to the original.

Discuss: Should platforms label synthetic or edited images by default, or is it better to leave the burden on people sharing them?

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