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Spotting AI-Generated Faces
AI now makes photorealistic faces of people who don't exist.
Builders · Safety & Governance · ~11 min read
Spotting AI-Generated Faces
AI now makes photorealistic faces of people who don't exist. Knowing the tells helps you spot fakes online.
Sites like ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com generate convincing fake faces in seconds. Most have small giveaways — uneven earrings, weird backgrounds, asymmetric details.
Three places fake faces show up
- Fake social media profiles
- Fake LinkedIn accounts for scams
- Fake testimonials on websites
Key terms in this lesson
The big idea: AI faces are getting harder to spot — but right now small details still give them away.
Practice this safely
Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.
- 1Ask AI to explain StyleGAN in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Spotting AI-Generated Faces" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check GAN against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
End-of-lesson quiz
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