OSINT expert trains 40 BBC Verify journalists to spot AI fake photos without detectors
henkvaness · x · 2026-09-09
OSINT practitioner henkvaness spent a full day with 40 BBC Verify colleagues training them to judge whether photos are real — without using detection tools.
- The session featured a doctored photo as a hands-on exercise: can you figure out why it's not real?
- His takeaway: "Usually not. That's rather the point" — human verification of AI-generated imagery is becoming a core newsroom skill.
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