WSJ Tech News Briefing · Saturday, August 15, 2026
Megan, the deputy photo director at The Wall Street Journal, shares a practical tip for identifying AI-generated images: zoom in and look for anomalies, particularly with hands and limbs. She highlights that AI often struggles with rendering these details correctly.
“The easiest way is really to zoom in and really look at the image. You will often find some anomalies there.”
“One good example is they're not very good at rendering hands or limbs.”
“There's an image of European leaders sitting in the hallway outside of the office. That was shared around social media. And it did, for first glance, look like a smartphone photo and something that was real and happening in real time. But when you zoom in, you'll notice that there are more legs than people.”