Several Facebook accounts published a photo on October 26, showing a man with five children among the rubble.
Through this photograph, it was claimed that it depicts a father rescuing his 5 children from the rubble in Gaza.
After fact-checking, it has been determined that the image shows signs of artificial intelligence and was not published by news organizations with photographers in the region.
Links to the photo published by the Facebook account:
Upon closer examination of the photograph, deformations are observed in the children's arms and legs, and the visual appearance is far from the real photographic sharpness.
AFP fact-checking highlights irregularities in the hands and feet in the image below.The limbs and clothing in the image seem inconsistent. For example, the child on the man's right shoulder is wearing a shirt that appears to blend into the man's sleeve. The man's arm is positioned where you would expect to see the child's foot. The bare toes shown in the image are also not clearly defined.". (here)
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Hibrid.info has analyzed the photo with applications that identify content generated with artificial intelligence. After the analysis carried out by hibrid.info through the application Hive Motivation it turns out that the image was produced 99.9 percent with artificial intelligence. (here)
Even after reverse searching the image on several search engines, no results were found that matched the images published by media outlets covering the conflict.
Analyze:
A photo showing a man carrying 5 children in rubble is claimed to depict a father rescuing his children from the rubble in Gaza.
After closely analyzing the photo, certain deformations are observed that suggest that the image was created with artificial intelligence.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this image as "Unverified Content" and "Disinformation".
Rating:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.