The Russian Ministry of Education's website published an AI-generated photo showing Putin with six fingers
A photo has appeared on the Russian Ministry of Education’s website showing Vladimir Putin with six fingers on his left hand. The image was likely altered using artificial intelligence, which also distorted the faces of Putin and Kim Jong-un.
The photo was published following a visit to North Korea by Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov. Journalists compared it to the original photo from the North Korean newspaper *Rodong Sinmun* and discovered other distortions—specifically, on coats of arms and inscriptions.
Errors were also found in other photos from the trip. In photos from the opening of the Russian language center in Pyongyang, the text on the information stands was nonsensical, and names and individual words were misspelled. Such flaws were not present in the photographs published by North Korean media.
Russia expert Chris Manday suggested that officials may have used AI to conceal certain details in the photos or alter people’s appearances. After the information came to light, some photographs and the page about Kravtsov’s visit on the Russian agency’s website became inaccessible.
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