Qwen 2.1 edit passes as real photo — and JPEG artifacts fool AI detectors
RadioQuick6509 · reddit · 2026-11-05
A Reddit user posted two portrait photos, one real and one AI-edited with Qwen 2.1, challenging readers to tell them apart via hair texture, skin detail, and lighting.
Notably, the author found that adding JPEG compression artifacts and imperfections makes AI images far more likely to fool AI detectors — raising the question of whether detectors actually detect generated content or just mimic visual heuristics.
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