Picture of the last moments of the life of the late Sushant Singh Rajput. Investigation by #PTIFACTCHECK revealed that the viral picture is not real, it is AI-generated
Picture of the last moments of the life of the late Sushant Singh Rajput. Investigation by #PTIFACTCHECK revealed that the viral picture is not real, it is AI-generated
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A viral picture claimed to show Sushant Singh Rajput's "last moments" is fake. PTI's fact-check found it is AI-generated. It is the latest in a series of false claims about the actor since his death in June 2020, including an AI-made "CCTV" image that The Quint recently debunked.A viral picture claimed to show Sushant Singh Rajput's "last moments" is fake. PTI's fact-check found it is AI-generated. It is the latest in a series of false claims about the actor since his death in June 2020, including an AI-made "CCTV" image that The Quint recently debunked.
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A picture circulating on social media, claimed to show the "last moments" of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, is fake. PTI's fact-check team found that it is AI-generated, not a real photograph. Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai apartment on June 14, 2020, and his death has since attracted a steady stream of misinformation. In a similar recent case, The Quint debunked an AI-generated image falsely shared as CCTV footage of Rajput with other actors, which spread after the CBI filed an FIR related to the death of his former manager, Disha Salian. Fact-checkers flagged that image through AI-detection tools and visible signs like distorted faces and unnatural textures. The takeaway: emotionally charged images about high-profile deaths are often fabricated, and they should be verified before being believed or shared.
A picture circulating on social media, claimed to show the "last moments" of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, is fake. PTI's fact-check team found that it is AI-generated, not a real photograph. Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai apartment on June 14, 2020, and his death has since attracted a steady stream of misinformation. In a similar recent case, The Quint debunked an AI-generated image falsely shared as CCTV footage of Rajput with other actors, which spread after the CBI filed an FIR related to the death of his former manager, Disha Salian. Fact-checkers flagged that image through AI-detection tools and visible signs like distorted faces and unnatural textures. The takeaway: emotionally charged images about high-profile deaths are often fabricated, and they should be verified before being believed or shared.