A fake person generated by StyleGAN2 (This Person Does Not Exist). This person doesn't exist

Fly Geyser in Nevada, USA. The colors are real, created by minerals in the geothermal water (photo: Jeremy C. Munns, public domain)

AI-generated Polish strawberry pasta. The dish is real, but this photo was made by AI

Sandstone pillars of Zhangjiajie, China — the real landscape that inspired Avatar's Hallelujah Mountains (photo: Lianguanlun, CC BY 4.0)

A dumpling soup generated by Perchance AI. Even the steam looks convincing, right?

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. After rain, a thin layer of water mirrors the sky — for real (photo: Marquex bol, CC BY-SA 4.0)

A mountain landscape generated by Adobe Firefly. The sunlight and snowy ridges are all AI

Dallol, Ethiopia. Sulfur and minerals create this alien-looking — but real — landscape (photo: A.Savin, FAL)

An AI-generated kebab platter. Look closely at the tomato slices — something's off (Dennis Sylvester Hurd, CC0)

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone. The colors come from heat-loving microbes — all real (photo: Jim Peaco/NPS, public domain)

A fake person generated by a StyleGAN model. The blurry background and hair edges were the clue

Lenticular clouds over Titlis, Switzerland. They look like UFOs, but they're a real weather phenomenon (photo: Jan Remund, CC BY 2.0)

AI photos that look real, and real photos that look AI!
Can you tell which is which? One guess only!

AI or Real?