Overview
- Google’s Gemini detected SynthID watermarks indicating the viral images were generated or edited by artificial intelligence.
- The pictures originated on X from the parody account DFF, which acknowledged fabricating at least one of the posts.
- Reviews of the DOJ materials found no photos of Mamdani; the files contain only a 2009 social email mentioning his mother, and Mamdani was 18 that year.
- The circulation of the AI images fueled additional false claims, including a debunked allegation that Epstein was Mamdani’s father, whose father is Mahmood Mamdani.
- Experts caution that while watermarks and forensic cues can expose many AI fakes today, advancing generative tools may make such detection less reliable.