{"id":1969,"date":"2026-10-09T10:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:56:13","slug":"can-you-spot-ai-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/2026\/10\/09\/can-you-spot-ai-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you spot AI images?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK. So it&#8217;s really easy to spot those awful pub posters which have paintbrush backgrounds, too much stuff crammed in and &#8220;good times, good drinks, good vibes&#8221; type nonsense. And the dreaded AI &#8220;pee tint&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m worried this makes people over confident in how easy it is to spot. I believe it&#8217;s almost impossible to tell if the prompt is well crafted. To this end I&#8217;ve downloaded some pictures of art by humans and generated one or more AI art items that are entirely fake. Can you spot which is which?<\/p>\n<p>My goal here is to make people realise that just because they spot some obvious cases that doesn&#8217;t mean they are not seeing AI generated content by more skilled prompters without realising&#8230; Or maybe, I&#8217;ll learn some people are much better at spotting it than me and they can explain how they spotted it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At least one picture is downloaded by me from the web and I believe it is by a real human<\/p>\n<p>At least one picture is made entirely by ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>Answers published a week from now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art6150.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1970\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art6150-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art6150-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art6150.png 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8876.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1984 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8876-300x216.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8876-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8876.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2516.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1982 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2516-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2516-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2516-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2516.png 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art0698.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1981 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art0698-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art0698-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art0698-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art0698-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art0698.png 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art9790.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art9790-300x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art9790-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art9790-1024x936.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art9790-768x702.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art9790.png 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8881.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1979 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8881-250x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8881-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8881-853x1024.png 853w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8881-768x922.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art8881.png 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7973.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1978 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7973-300x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7973-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7973-1024x936.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7973-768x702.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7973.png 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2085.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1976 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2085-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2085-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2085-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2085-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art2085.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4387.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1975 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4387-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4387-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4387-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4387-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4387.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7967.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1974 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7967-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7967-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7967.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1973 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7059-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7059-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art7059.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4333.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1972 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4333-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4333-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art4333.png 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>13.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art5241.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1971 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art5241-300x164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art5241-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art5241-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/webteam\/files\/2026\/10\/art5241.png 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve set the answers to be published as a post on this blog on Friday 16th October at 11am UK time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK. So it&#8217;s really easy to spot those awful pub posters which have paintbrush backgrounds, too much stuff crammed in and &#8220;good times, good drinks, good vibes&#8221; type nonsense. And the dreaded AI &#8220;pee tint&#8221;.&nbsp; But I&#8217;m worried this makes people over confident in how easy it is to spot. 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