A photograph depicting a small island set against the backdrop of a sunset-lit sky, with coconut trees outlining the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being widely circulated on social media, claiming that the image has been captured by a French tourist near Gokarna in Karnataka.
The image is shared with a caption: “A pic clicked by a French tourist near Gokarna.”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Conducting a reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, our team spotted articles by Mint and Hindustan Times carrying the same picture. One Madhav Kohli had created the image by utilising AI tools, and shared it on the X platform.
Searching further, we found the X page of the creator, Madhav Kohli, where the image was shared with a caption: ‘Do you see him too?’ Additionally, in the comments section, the artist specified that the image was generated using the AI platform known as ‘stable diffusion.’
Additional AI-generated images shared by the creator can be viewed here and here.
Thus, it is confirmed that the viral image is AI-generated, and not real.
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