As Chennai grapples with heavy rainfall and severe disruptions due to Cyclone Fengal, a picture showing a massive traffic jam has been circulating on social media, claiming that this is the current traffic situation on Chennai’s roads.
The caption with the picture reads: Big traffic in #Chennai #OMR due to heavy rain. #chennairains#chennai #chennaifloods‌ #chennairainsupdate #fengalcyclone
The above post can be seen here (archive). Another similar post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the picture in question, and found it to be AI-generated.
Upon closer inspection, several discrepancies were identified. For instance, the cars in the image appeared distorted, and none of the number plates was visible.
Additionally, running the image through AI detection tools — TrueMedia and Hive Moderation — our team found the picture to be fully AI-generated.
Thus, we can conclude that the image circulating on social media is AI-generated.
