How to spot an AI-generated face, according to science

North America Science Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:13:34 GMT Moderate confidence — 64/100

StyleGan3 (AI faces); Flickr (human faces)It used to be easy to tell when a face had been generated by artificial intelligence.
Whether it was a distinctive uncanny sheen, impossibly smooth skin, eyes that didn’t quite make sense or a conspicuous third

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StyleGan3 (AI faces); Flickr (human faces)It used to be easy to tell when a face had been generated by artificial intelligence.
Whether it was a distinctive uncanny sheen, impossibly smooth skin, eyes that didn’t quite make sense or a conspicuous third

Sources: Scientificamerican