A picture from the wedding of an elderly woman who ignites the social media
Social media users circulated a photo whose publishers claimed it showed a 103-year-old woman in a wedding dress.
In the picture, an elderly woman appears in a wedding dress, and the accompanying caption reads: “This woman is getting married at the age of 103.”
The image received hundreds of posts and thousands of comments and interactions on several pages in the social media sites.
What is the real picture?
However, several elements raise doubts that this image is real, including the blurring at the level of the head and between the lady’s hand and the bouquet of flowers, which indicates that it may be the result of an artificial intelligence program.
Screen capture on May 5, 2023 from Facebook
In addition to the suspicious elements, there is a watermark under the image with the name Malik Afegbua. Searching for it led to an account on the website. Instagram It bears the same name, and belongs to a Nigerian artist who often publishes designs using artificial intelligence.
At the top of the posts in the account appears the circulating image of the woman in a wedding dress, and she was attached to a set of similar pictures, next to which a story was written with the word “imagination” appended.
The Nigerian designer confirmed to “Agence France Presse” that this group of images is also the result of artificial intelligence, and he used the “Medjourney” program to design it and the “Photoshop” program to make adjustments to it.
He previously talked about his use of artificial intelligence software in designs that focus on the elderly during an interview he conducted with “BBCAfter his work became widespread on social media.
