[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] AI Fakes

Tue Aug 5 13:40:54 PDT 2025

I tried them all on this photo, and results ranged from <1% likely A.I.
through 37% likely to 65% likely. I've never seen so much variation. But
some of them specialize in facial recognition.

[image: image.png]

I'm a car guy and this vehicle doesn't show me obvious A.I. signals. The
door hardware is rather sketchy as is the gratuitous ornamentation. But the
smoking gun may be a Google image search with the same vehicle in the same
place, but red:

[image: image.png]

Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259

On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM Robert Primak via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> I'm not familiar with these resources, but here's what it looks like, from
> visiting these sites:
>
> *DeepFake-o-meter*
> <https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.2IMLVmXoIhYqe4rOLa6UD1FratNxxffM0cBVrcQkh5rUpE7PoGOou4zO-Rmu2Y7T5jbooe76VyalViXjPcp631wOUinrv8otu7x_Zi0_sCIoCDwlVcv1PhwA1NL0QqQIqj9TUTelNAKAlaCIsVv7WoXkFcPZkRhiZpDw8QTW-JEbIGBz6pr8kBprBnkZ1YKz/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h5/h001.Y2Hr9QwtoBJz92HjaDcxCUDMKbD30Mg27iHfoKgnE1M>*:
> The site says the tool is free to use, with a caution. This tool is a
> research prototype, so it may not be as reliable as a full production tool.
> The service was recently offline, as Kim Komando found out, but it is back
> online. Perhaps if we have a download of Kim Komando's image, we could
> submit it to the site and see what it says?*
>
> *Sightengine*
> <https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.cEVqIqxGBrwV8gkFg5bJzjAyoyLwTnprZmojO6P5iVi37id8nsjtg_mne67yyDsEgcl-gazgo3L-aA5q5x_D1I_B_vJLVmVCNWGGhJtTMd6u01CZUX7-0WQWDSJ1EtQXGZ61gN1kLSpOz1YLmaCVf6Fkx_8pC7d5YkPws7P1Dtc/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h6/h001.5nQTETlMURCoafVFYACBuhahFbAavy0auuGRn9kAYuA>*:
> This is a production tool, meant to process images in bulk rapidly. It has
> a free tier, for up to 2000 images per month (500 per day). We have Kim's
> result when she submitted her image to this site. *
>
>
> *Hive’s AI-generated image detector
> <https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.6vuVJVhO7XvHcxfbfE-QEwmwvVc4E3HzlNQH_uACcuNx0vTmug3yl5YZ1HkZc6NTV6drjO1p2balhwk6E17AJ6jHOb_SHYJ1VCEwNs2oow-9QFHkexJYHG79r3oGjk0IwczA9ZDKX-Y4ctX2ga0UHsVhA_B-ABc24re_65mAhEYv9g_lx0_9cwO6BgXM3eal/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h7/h001.nzs_934AuZVpsfk2D5zK0agfM4pF1yX9YRlaQezpjso>: Pricing
> is not discussed at this site. This is a professional production tool,
> aimed at sites or services which need to moderate content on a large scale
> in real time. What Kim Komando used was most likely their free demo, which
> may lack the full features of the paid service.*
>
> I haven't used any of these services myself. I also haven't seen the
> article in which Kim Komando described these services and discussed the
> results of uploading her image to be tested.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 08:01:24 AM EDT, John Rudy via LCTG <
> lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>
>
> The info below is from today’s Kim Komando newsletter.  She used them on a
> photo that AI created for her.
>
>
>
> ·  *DeepFake-o-meter*
> <https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.2IMLVmXoIhYqe4rOLa6UD1FratNxxffM0cBVrcQkh5rUpE7PoGOou4zO-Rmu2Y7T5jbooe76VyalViXjPcp631wOUinrv8otu7x_Zi0_sCIoCDwlVcv1PhwA1NL0QqQIqj9TUTelNAKAlaCIsVv7WoXkFcPZkRhiZpDw8QTW-JEbIGBz6pr8kBprBnkZ1YKz/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h5/h001.Y2Hr9QwtoBJz92HjaDcxCUDMKbD30Mg27iHfoKgnE1M>
> *:* Upload a photo or video, and it’ll scan it with multiple detection
> models to tell you how fake it might be. I got a “server busy” message
> testing my princes’ image.
>
> ·  *Sightengine*
> <https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.cEVqIqxGBrwV8gkFg5bJzjAyoyLwTnprZmojO6P5iVi37id8nsjtg_mne67yyDsEgcl-gazgo3L-aA5q5x_D1I_B_vJLVmVCNWGGhJtTMd6u01CZUX7-0WQWDSJ1EtQXGZ61gN1kLSpOz1YLmaCVf6Fkx_8pC7d5YkPws7P1Dtc/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h6/h001.5nQTETlMURCoafVFYACBuhahFbAavy0auuGRn9kAYuA>
> *:* A behind-the-scenes powerhouse that spots digital tampering, even if
> the naked eye can’t. It gave me 99% that the princes were fake.
>
> ·  *Hive’s AI-generated image detector*
> <https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.6vuVJVhO7XvHcxfbfE-QEwmwvVc4E3HzlNQH_uACcuNx0vTmug3yl5YZ1HkZc6NTV6drjO1p2balhwk6E17AJ6jHOb_SHYJ1VCEwNs2oow-9QFHkexJYHG79r3oGjk0IwczA9ZDKX-Y4ctX2ga0UHsVhA_B-ABc24re_65mAhEYv9g_lx0_9cwO6BgXM3eal/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h7/h001.nzs_934AuZVpsfk2D5zK0agfM4pF1yX9YRlaQezpjso>
> *:* Used by major media outlets to tell if that photo of the pope in a
> Balenciaga jacket is AI (Spoiler: It was). Yup, the princes are 99% AI
> foolery here, too.
>
>
>
> I’ve never used any of these and haven’t checked out prices  but that is
> my next step (unless one of you does it first)
>
> John
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