Hedgehog on a log: real or AI?

As shared

A small hedgehog with its front paws on a log, in a blurred woodland setting.

AI image made with FLUX.1 [schnell], prompted by Wikimedia Commons user Emdosis (2024) · Public domain in the US (AI-generated) · Source

AI-MADE

A machine made this.

How sure we areHigh

Based on 1 strong and 0 supporting piece of evidence.

What we found

A Wikimedia Commons user generated this picture on 15 August 2024 with FLUX.1 [schnell], an AI image model, and labelled it as AI-generated when uploading it. We paired it with a real hedgehog photograph in the same round.

Key facts

Original source: AI image made with FLUX.1 [schnell], prompted by Wikimedia Commons user Emdosis (2024)
First published: Not recorded
Earlier appearances: Not recorded
The claim you saw: No caption recorded
Signs of AI: Yes. Shown below, but not what decided it

The evidence, strongest first

Strong Decides the answer

The maker says soThe uploader's own description on Wikimedia Commons: generated with FLUX.1 [schnell], 15 August 2024↗

Supporting Points the same way

None.

Weak Shown, not relied on

How it looksIt is a little too adorable. The face and chest are covered in soft, fluffy white fur, more like a kitten than a hedgehog, and the spines fan out in a neat, even crown. The paws rest on the log like tiny hands. Behind it, the background melts into a creamy film-style blur. AI tends to give you the idea of a cute hedgehog rather than the animal itself.

Detector scores are often wrong, so they never decide a verdict here.

What we couldn’t establish

Exactly how it was made, and with which prompts, beyond what the sources above say. If you know more, tell us.

Bottom line

Made by AI: the maker says so.

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Hedgehog on a log: real or AI?

A machine made this.

Strong Decides the answer

Supporting Points the same way

Weak Shown, not relied on

How to check something like this yourself

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