Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya is back in the news, this time due to a podcast appearance with YouTuber Raj Shamani, where he made several sensational claims. One such claim is that before leaving India for London, he had informed the then Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. Following this, the Congress party has launched an attack on the BJP, with several Congress leaders sharing the podcast and criticising the ruling party.
Amidst the buzz, a photo has gone viral on social media (here, here, and here) allegedly showing Congress leader Supriya Shrinate with Vijay Mallya. Many users are sharing the photo, claiming it to be real. Let’s verify the truth behind this photo in this article.
Claim: Photo of Congress leader Supriya Shrinate with Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya.
Fact: The viral photo is AI-generated. It has a visible “Grok” watermark, and multiple AI-detection tools (Hive and Sightengine) confirmed with over 99% certainty that the photo is generated using artificial intelligence. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Upon closely examining the viral photo, we noticed a “Grok” watermark—an AI assistant, on the bottom right corner.
Suspecting that the viral photo was AI-generated, we ran it through the Hive AI detection tool, which flagged it with a 99.9% likelihood of being AI-generated. We further verified this using another tool, Sightengine, which also indicated a 99% probability that the photo was created using AI.
To sum up, an AI-generated image of Congress leader Supriya Shrinate with businessman Vijay Mallya is being shared as real.
