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AI-Generated Image Viral as Real Photo of World Leaders at 2026 BRICS Summit

AI-Generated Image Viral as Real Photo of World Leaders at 2026 BRICS Summit
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Source: The Quint | Original Published At: 2026-09-13 07:59:19 UTC

Key Points

  • A viral image claimed to show a real selfie of world leaders at the 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi is AI-generated.
  • The image includes leaders who were not attending the summit, including the Brazilian and UAE presidents and the Turkish president.
  • The presence of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is a major factual error, as he died in May 2024.
  • AI detection tools Hive Moderation and Sightengine assigned high likelihoods that the image was AI-generated.
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