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How to spot an AI image: 6 telltale signs it's fake - and my go-to free detectors

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Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-01-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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This ZDNET article provides six practical tips to spot AI-generated images—garbled/skewed text, anatomical anomalies (like extra fingers), uncanny hyper-realism, overly polished marketing visuals, chaotic over-detailed scenes, and over-smoothed or detail-lacking outputs—and highlights free Google tools (Circle to Search, Lens "About this image," Gemini/SynthID checks) to help verify authenticity, while noting that AI detectors remain imperfect.

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