AI Image Detector
Upload an image to check if it was generated by AI or captured by a real camera
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Deep AI Image Forensic Analysis
With the rapid advancement of generative AI, distinguishing between real photographs and AI-generated images has become one of the biggest challenges in digital forensics. Tools like Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion can now create photorealistic images that are virtually indistinguishable from actual camera captures to the human eye.
How Our AI Detector Works
The Vizillo AI Image Detector uses a specialized computer vision model trained to identify subtle artifacts that are characteristic of AI-generated content. Instead of looking for obvious signs, our system analyzes pixel-level patterns that are invisible to the naked eye.
- Lighting & Shadow Analysis: AI often produces inconsistent or physically impossible lighting — mismatched shadow directions, missing ambient occlusion, or unrealistic reflections.
- Texture Anomaly Detection: AI-generated faces frequently exhibit an unnaturally smooth, waxy skin texture that lacks the micro-details of real skin captured by a camera.
- Anatomical Verification: Hands and fingers are notoriously difficult for AI to render correctly. Extra fingers, fused fingers, or anatomically impossible hand positions are strong indicators of AI generation.
- Background Consistency Check: We look for blurry object edges, repeating texture patterns, and impossible geometry that typically appear in AI-generated backgrounds.
How to Tell if an Image is AI Generated
Wondering how to check if an image is AI generated? Whether you're verifying a profile photo on a dating app, checking the authenticity of news images, or investigating potential deepfakes, here are the key signs our AI image detector looks for:
- Unnatural Eye Reflections: Real eyes have consistent catchlights (reflections) that match the scene lighting. AI often generates identical, mismatched, or missing reflections in both eyes.
- Text in the Image: AI struggles with rendering readable text. Blurry characters, misspelled words, or nonsensical text in signs, books, or screenshots is a telltale sign.
- Background Smearing: Objects in the background often have a "melted" or smeared appearance, especially near edges where the AI couldn't maintain consistency.
- Perfect Symmetry: AI-generated faces sometimes have an unnaturally symmetrical appearance that real human faces rarely possess.
- Missing EXIF Data: Real camera photos contain metadata (camera model, date, GPS, settings). AI-generated images typically lack this data entirely.
Upload any image to our free AI image detector and get an instant verdict with confidence score and detailed reasoning. Whether you're a journalist verifying sources, a moderator screening uploads, or just curious about an image's origin — our tool provides fast, reliable analysis.
AI Image Detection FAQ
How accurate is your AI image detector?
Our system uses GPT-4o-mini with specialized forensic prompts designed to identify AI artifacts. Accuracy varies depending on image quality and the AI model used to generate it, but it reliably catches common tells like lighting inconsistencies, texture anomalies, and anatomical errors.
Can it detect all AI-generated images?
No detection method is 100% accurate. High-end AI models like Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce extremely realistic images that can fool even trained eyes. Our tool is most effective at detecting lower-quality AI generations, common artifacts, and obvious inconsistencies.
Is my image uploaded to your servers?
Yes, the image is sent to our secure AI processing endpoint for analysis. We do not store uploaded images permanently — they are processed in memory and discarded after analysis completes. Your privacy is protected.
What file types are supported?
We currently support JPG, PNG, and WebP image formats. Maximum file size is 10MB. For best results, upload the highest resolution version of the image available.