Description
How can you tell if a photo is real or made with AI? When a storm photo of Whitehaven Lighthouse appeared on Facebook, photographer and drone pilot Dave Wilson suspected something wasn’t right. In this video, I show how he proved it, then I make two fakes from one of my own seascapes, one in Photoshop and one in ChatGPT. I put them through the free checks you can use yourself, including Content Credentials and SynthID, and explain what each result can and can’t tell you.
00:00 The Whitehaven Lighthouse photo
00:48 The storm and the drone claim
01:38 Could that drone even fly?
02:44 How the fake was exposed
04:02 Why the label matters
04:44 Making two fakes of my own photo
05:46 Checking Content Credentials
08:17 Signing your own photos
09:01 Checking for SynthID
10:33 AI detector websites
11:31 Old-school checks
12:28 What to check before you trust a photo
12:49 Final thoughts
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