image Shared by X It claims to show a farmer in Paris holding a bale of hay.
French peasants at the Eiffel Tower…amazing! 😂 pic.twitter.com/4lZVTtddvi
— Reality General -😆🇺🇸🤩⚖️ (@WadeDav04301694) February 3, 2024
Verdict: False
Image was created by artificial intelligence.
Fact check:
French farmers lifted the lockdown in Paris and other parts of the country after the French prime minister offered them a support package, the news agency reported. Associated Press.
Social media users are sharing images of farmers and hay bales at the Eiffel Tower. One user wrote: “French peasant in the Eiffel Tower…amazing!”
However, this image was created by artificial intelligence. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the image was shared by: Instagram by an account that reveals it was created by artificial intelligence.
“Disclaimer: This series was generated by Midjourney’s AI. To prevent ‘fake news’ related to the photos above, please note when sharing that these are not real images and are AI-generated images. Please,” the Instagram post reads.
“Check Your Fact” also ran images Hive Moderation’s AI Image Detectorit was found that there is a 75% chance that it was created by AI.
At Check Your Fact, we’ve fact-checked artificial intelligence images before. For example, Check Your Fact fact-checked an image that claimed to show Palestinians eating amid rubble in Gaza.
