GUIDE: Africa Check’s tips for spotting AI-generated images and videos
In this guide, we’ve taken it back to basics to explain how to identify images and videos where not everything is as it appears to be.
In this guide, we’ve taken it back to basics to explain how to identify images and videos where not everything is as it appears to be.
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