Crowds of Iranian-Americans took to the streets of Westwood on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the reported formation of a provisional government by opposition groups, marking a moment many said they never expected to witness in their lifetimes.
Celebrations spilled into the streets near Persian Square with people waving Iranian flags, honking car horns and chanting in joy. Some danced in the streets, expressing hope for a freer Iran.
No, image is by Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Not everything is AI
Look at the image I’ve attached. The stars are clearly messed up. It’s the same thing I usually see in gen AI stuff: when there’s a repeating pattern, it tends to fall out of sequence near a visual border. In this case, the stars get bunched up and new ones added close to flag just to the left.
Perhaps AI was only used to enhance the image? Or it’s a homemade flag?
Edit: It’s true that not everything is AI. There’s a nonzero chance that the flag is warped, which is causing the pattern break, or something else created artifacts. It’s just really hard to trust anything right now, no matter the source.
I’m sorry, but you’ve lost the plot. This does not look at ALL like AI upsizing. There is no AI noise, faces are intelligible. Hands have the right number of fingers, and are attached to people. There is no AI noise. The stars are the correct number and in the correct arrangement (see overlay below). People have a range of expressions. The framing is natural.
Additionally, it is published and credited in a major news source with long-established editorial oversight.