AI-Generated Fakes Continue to Go Viral Before Anyone Spots Them

A viral image of a King's Guard turned out to be entirely AI-generated, prompting renewed calls for better provenance tools as public fatigue with undetectable fakes grows.

A viral image purporting to show a King's Guard was called out as entirely AI-generated by @Kabamur_Taygeta, with @alvin_tostig41 amplifying the debunk. The episode is routine at this point — AI-generated images go viral, accumulate engagement, and get debunked hours or days later — but the pattern's persistence is the story.

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