Someone once said “don’t let perfection be the enemy of good” … or something like that.

Anyway, my point is it’s good that this kind of stuff is starting to get into mainstream media, even if they don’t go into as much detail as they could.

They might not have wanted to scare people off by giving them too much information all at once, especially things like the Fediverse which even lots of tech savvy people don’t really understand.

Good spot! The image is exactly the same apart from the nut (which is also exactly the same shape).

It took me way to long to figure out where I’d seen that “German” flag before!

Most of them are quite realistic and would probably pass for real at a glance, but they all have flaws once you start looking.

Top-left: Her earrings don’t appear to be attached to her ears. Bottom-left: The facial structure, eyes and lighting are manga style. Top-middle: This is the most natural looking one, but it looks like there might be issues with the hair strands on the left not being properly blended with the rest of the image if it was larger. Bottom-middle: If this was presented as a picture of a cosplayer as a video game character then I would 100% think it was real. Right: Passable. Even though her arm could be obscured by the folds of her dress like that in a real photo, it just looks a bit odd which is an immediate red flag.

(I’m gonna look real dumb if you’re trolling us with real photos! 😅 )

Look at the pink neon sign… :)

It could be AI but may just have several turning axels at both ends. A lot of oversized semi truck trailers in Europe have turning axels at the rear to get around corners and can have as many axels on more extreme loads.