AI or Not

At first glance, it may look normal and real, but the image of three woman at a cafe was AI-generated.

AI generated - The image of a dawn marine layer of fog hovering in a valley was AI-generated.

The image of the rocky lakeshore, though very much looking like the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe, was AI-generated.

Real! Though smooth and painterly, the desert landscape is an actual photograph taken at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California.

The image of a mother and son at a refugee camp in Thessaloniki, Greece, is a real photograph.

It looks like a believable-enough visit to foggy San Francisco, but the image of the couple in front of the Golden Gate bridge was AI-generated.

It's very cute, but the image of a man and his dog at a campsite was AI-generated.

The gray headphones are 100% AI-generated.

The tasty-looking avocado toast on the white paper plate is real food, and a real image.

This final image is a 100% real photograph of Lake Tahoe taken in Incline Village, Nevada.

The image of the skier standing in the freshly fallen powder in Mott Canyon at Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, is a real photograph.

The image of a smiling Japanese woman at a tiki hut on a beach in Thailand was AI-generated.

The delicious-looking avocado toast on the dark stoneware plate is nearly perfect, and also AI-generated.

Although the image of the young woman on a bench is a fantastic, well-lit "portrait," it too was AI-generated.

Although it is a pretty convincing product shot, the image of the wooden headphones was AI-generated. The textures are flat and lifeless.

Taken through the windows above Apple's Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, this is a real photo