{"id":86942,"date":"2025-08-23T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/86942\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T07:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:45:14","slug":"bbc-verify-live-tracking-idf-build-up-near-gaza-city-and-viral-cristiano-ronaldo-photo-is-ai-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/86942\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify Live: Tracking IDF build-up near Gaza City, and viral Cristiano Ronaldo photo is AI fake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did Ronaldo finally get married? Don\u2019t fall for this AI fakepublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 21 August<\/p>\n<p>13:41 BST 21 August<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/543a638c-1484-4a00-bf61-7317c5d6194d.png.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Sherie Ryder<br \/>BBC Verify journalist<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We\u2019ve been looking at a picture that\u2019s been surfacing on social media which appears to show Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo marrying his long-time partner Georgina Rodriquez. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It\u2019s one of a number of pictures and videos going viral showing the couple seemingly tying the knot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This black and white shot has gathered more than 5 million views in a single post on X at the time I\u2019m writing this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If you scrolled past this picture on your feed you probably wouldn&#8217;t look twice. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anyone who follows Ms Rodriquez on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNOPitPoAgN\/\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram, external<\/a> will know they only got engaged last week so a wedding this soon seems unlikely. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So what&#8217;s going on here? Well let\u2019s take a closer look at the picture &#8211; especially their hands.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A close up of the hands in the fake wedding picture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/c2286f23-384a-4dc8-ac2d-7ce39581ed86.png.webp.webp\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"1628\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As you can see, their fingers appear deformed, like they\u2019re melting into each other. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Strange-looking hands are a common sign of AI-generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Experts say this is because the AI image generators available today struggle to understand the three-dimensional geometry of a hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This isn\u2019t a problem if you want a generic image of a hand, but as soon as you prompt an image generator to show one doing anything more geometrically complex &#8211; like intertwining fingers &#8211; it will struggle to accurately recreate it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The technology is evolving rapidly, but for now if you suspect an image might be an AI fake &#8211; a good place to check first is the hands.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did Ronaldo finally get married? 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