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It's 2023, and accounts with GAN-generated faces continue to receive "verification" checkmarks from Twitter Blue here and there. #BlueCheckShenaniGANs
(These accounts were found by searching for common English words in combination with "filter:blue_verified.)
cc: @ZellaQuixote
(These accounts were found by searching for common English words in combination with "filter:blue_verified.)
cc: @ZellaQuixote
Unmodified GAN-generated faces (at least, those in widespread use) have the telltale trait that the primary facial features (particularly the eyes) are rendered in the same location on each image. This becomes obvious when multiple "faces" are blended together.
These "faces" contain additional anomalies that indicate that they are synthetically generated, such as the surreal backgrounds in @Doctor_Iver's and @jonidanna's images and @jonidanna's mismatched earrings. @mikerson_mike's "face" was obtained from generated.photos.
It's a Thursday, and a variety of Twitter accounts with GAN-generated faces have paid $8 for a blue checkmark. #BlueCheckShenaniGANS
(GAN = "generative adversarial network", the AI technology used by tools like thispersondoesnotexist.com)
cc: @ZellaQuixote
(GAN = "generative adversarial network", the AI technology used by tools like thispersondoesnotexist.com)
cc: @ZellaQuixote
Unmodified GAN-generated faces (so far) have the telltale trait that the main facial features (especially the eyes) are in the same position on each image. This becomes evident when one blends the images together.
There are other signs these images are inauthentic: nonsensical clothing (especially the bizarre "hat" in @JaredPretorious's profile pic), surreal backgrounds, and mismatched ears, among others.
