Fact Check: Real or AI generated? Know the truth about this viral picture of Dubai surrounded by clouds

New Delhi: An adorable picture of Dubai is going viral on social media. In which buildings surrounded by clouds are visible. While sharing this picture, the user wrote that this picture is of Dubai city and was taken from a drone. However, after seeing this picture, some users are also considering it as AI generated. However, when Sajjag’s team investigated this viral picture, it turned out to be real.

What is the user’s claim?

On social media, an ex-user @roselady__ shared a picture of some skyscrapers surrounded by clouds on December 12. While sharing this picture, Saavani wrote – This picture taken from the drone is of Dubai city. In which apart from Burj Khalifa, the buildings around it have also gone above the clouds, now you can guess from this that what will be the height of Burj Khalifa and the buildings built around it?

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Below this post, many users wrote that this viral picture could also have been created by AI. To answer these questions arising in the minds of users, Sajjag’s team investigated this picture.

What was found in the investigation?

When Sajjag’s team investigated whether this viral picture was generated by AI, it turned out to be real. First of all, Sajjag’s team uploaded this picture on a website named sightengine.com. According to the result, this picture has neither been generated by AI nor any deepfake has been found in it.

After this, Sajag’s team uploaded this picture on Fotoforensics, according to the result of which this picture was uploaded on Google in the year 2016 and its copyright is with Google.

After that, Sajjag’s team searched some social media handles where this picture was uploaded many years ago. During investigation, an Instagram account named seven_sands_tourism was found. On which this picture was uploaded on 24 November 2020.

conclusion: This picture of Dubai surrounded by clouds is actually real. This picture has neither been generated by any AI tool nor has it been tampered with in any way. However, this picture viral on social media is not recent.