We’re on our way into a future where it’s no longer possible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
Earlier this year, an image of Pope Francis decked out in a white Balenciaga puffer jacket sent the internet into a spin. As did fictional images depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump’s arrest.
Both were created using a new era of AI generators, like Midjourney, DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion, which are unleashing a flood of rapidly created fake images into the world.
Where seeing was once believing, soon anybody will be able to generate photo-realistic imitations with a click of a button.
We took some of history’s most iconic images and, in a matter of seconds, created new versions of them. Are you able to tell which is which?
Take our quiz and see for yourself. Then read POLITICO’s story on what happens when we can no longer believe our eyes.