Guides
How to check an image yourself, and what a detector can and can't tell you.
- How to tell if an image is AI generated: How to tell if an image is AI generated: the visual giveaways that still work, the checks that work better, and where a free detector fits in.
- How to spot a face swap: How to spot a deepfake photo or face swap: where swaps leave traces, the signs worth checking, the ones that mislead, and when to use a face swap detector.
- What is a deepfake?: What is a deepfake? A plain-English guide to face swaps, AI face edits, synthetic faces and lip-sync: how they're made, why they matter and how to check one.
- Are AI image detectors accurate?: Are AI image detectors accurate? Why one accuracy number tells you little, what to ask any vendor, and where detectors, ours included, still get it wrong.
- Can AI image detectors be fooled?: Can AI image detectors be fooled? Yes, sometimes. Why new generators, compression and edits trip them up, and how to check so one trick isn't enough.
- What is C2PA? Content Credentials explained: What is C2PA? How Content Credentials record where an image came from, how to check them, why most images have none, and what Checkobot does with them.
- How to reverse image search: How to reverse image search on a phone or computer with Google Lens, Bing, TinEye and Yandex, what each is good at, and how to read what you find.
- How to verify a viral image: How to verify a photo before you share it: a step-by-step checklist, from source and reverse search to place, date and an AI check, and how to write it up.
- AI image detection for trust and safety: How trust and safety teams can add AI image detection to moderation: where it fits, how to route flags to human review, and what to ask of a detection API.