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<p>The MIT Museum (across from <a href="https://www.mbta.com/stops/place-knncl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MIT/Kendall MBTA station</a>) currently has an exhibit on <a href="https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/exhibitions/ai-mind-the-gap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI</a>. There are several interactive displays where the visitor is challenged to identify fake vs. real images. Explanations and hints are provided on how to differentiate.</p>
<p>May be worth a field trip...</p>
<p>-- Mitch</p>
<p id="reply-intro">On 2025-08-05 15:05, Robert Primak via LCTG wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr"><span><a style="color: #4b5dff; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.2IMLVmXoIhYqe4rOLa6UD1FratNxxffM0cBVrcQkh5rUpE7PoGOou4zO-Rmu2Y7T5jbooe76VyalViXjPcp631wOUinrv8otu7x_Zi0_sCIoCDwlVcv1PhwA1NL0QqQIqj9TUTelNAKAlaCIsVv7WoXkFcPZkRhiZpDw8QTW-JEbIGBz6pr8kBprBnkZ1YKz/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h5/h001.Y2Hr9QwtoBJz92HjaDcxCUDMKbD30Mg27iHfoKgnE1M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><span style="color: #00266a;">DeepFake-o-meter</span></strong></a><strong style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">: 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?</strong></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span><a style="color: #4b5dff; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.cEVqIqxGBrwV8gkFg5bJzjAyoyLwTnprZmojO6P5iVi37id8nsjtg_mne67yyDsEgcl-gazgo3L-aA5q5x_D1I_B_vJLVmVCNWGGhJtTMd6u01CZUX7-0WQWDSJ1EtQXGZ61gN1kLSpOz1YLmaCVf6Fkx_8pC7d5YkPws7P1Dtc/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h6/h001.5nQTETlMURCoafVFYACBuhahFbAavy0auuGRn9kAYuA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><span style="color: #00266a;">Sightengine</span></strong></a><strong style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">: 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 whe<span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">n she submitted her image to this site. </span></span></strong></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span><strong style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span><a style="color: #4b5dff; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" href="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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><span style="color: #00266a;">Hive's AI-generated image detector</span></strong></a><strong style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">:</strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> 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.</span></span><br /></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<p style="margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.2IMLVmXoIhYqe4rOLa6UD1FratNxxffM0cBVrcQkh5rUpE7PoGOou4zO-Rmu2Y7T5jbooe76VyalViXjPcp631wOUinrv8otu7x_Zi0_sCIoCDwlVcv1PhwA1NL0QqQIqj9TUTelNAKAlaCIsVv7WoXkFcPZkRhiZpDw8QTW-JEbIGBz6pr8kBprBnkZ1YKz/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h5/h001.Y2Hr9QwtoBJz92HjaDcxCUDMKbD30Mg27iHfoKgnE1M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><span style="color: #00266a;">DeepFake-o-meter</span></strong></a><strong>:</strong> 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.</p>
<p style="margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.cEVqIqxGBrwV8gkFg5bJzjAyoyLwTnprZmojO6P5iVi37id8nsjtg_mne67yyDsEgcl-gazgo3L-aA5q5x_D1I_B_vJLVmVCNWGGhJtTMd6u01CZUX7-0WQWDSJ1EtQXGZ61gN1kLSpOz1YLmaCVf6Fkx_8pC7d5YkPws7P1Dtc/4is/y1TG-mUJROGZB_4bHFrGEw/h6/h001.5nQTETlMURCoafVFYACBuhahFbAavy0auuGRn9kAYuA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><span style="color: #00266a;">Sightengine</span></strong></a><strong>:</strong> 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.</p>
<p style="margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span><a href="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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><span style="color: #00266a;">Hive's AI-generated image detector</span></strong></a><strong>:</strong> 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.</p>
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<p style="margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 150%;">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)</p>
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