A photograph of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant is going viral on the internet to claim that it shows them wearing attires made with gold.
What have users said?: Those sharing the post have uploaded it with a caption that said, "Ambani Family in gold dress. Ambani's son, daughter-in-law dressed in Indian gold."
A similar image of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and chairperson of Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani dressed in gold attires is being circulated on social media platforms.
We received a query about the viral image on our WhatsApp tipline. (More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)
What is the truth?: The images have been generated using the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and are not real visuals.
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Discrepancies in the viral image: The image had several glaring discrepancies, such as the hand of Ambani looked blurred and misshapen.
Merchant's hand clutching the purse also appeared to be blurred and the latter looked incomplete.
Moreover, the difference in lighting on Merchant and Ambani's face was another error that we spotted.
These errors are usually seen in AI-generated images, which indicated that the visual was not real.
What did detection tools show?: We used the help of detection tools namely 'Hive Moderation' and 'Is It AI?' and found that both tools indicated that the image was AI-generated.
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The tool showed over 99 percent chance of the image being AI-generated.
(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot)
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Hints in the image: A closer look at the image shows a smoothened-out texture, which is commonly spotted in AI-generated images.
Finding the original image: On performing a reverse image search, we found an article published in The Indian Express in Gujarati.
The article carried several images of Mukesh and Nita Ambani over the years.
We found a similar image as the viral one, where the couple could be seen posing in the same manner.
Conclusion: This image of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant wearing attires made in gold is actually AI-generated.
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