A photo of senior journalist Ravish Kumar is being widely shared on social media, showing him in a bloody condition. Injuries can be clearly seen on his face and lips. Users are claiming that Ravish Kumar was attacked by members of his own housing society, leaving him seriously injured.
Sharing this picture, a user named Arun Kumar Kosli wrote, ‘Big Breaking: NDTV’s self-proclaimed flattering journalist “Ravish Bimaar” has been beaten to death by the people of his housing society.’
Apart from this, this picture is also being shared by many other users claiming that it is an attack on Ravish Kumar, which can be seen here , here and here .
Fact Check:
The DFRAC team’s investigation found that Ravish Kumar was not attacked in any way. His photo going viral on social media is not real, but AI-generated.
When our team closely analyzed this viral photo, they found that the Google Gemini logo is visible on it. This logo clearly indicates that the photo was created with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is not a photo of any real incident. Google Gemini is the most advanced and powerful AI (Artificial Intelligence) developed by Google . It is not just a chatbot, but a “smart assistant” that can understand and work on text, images, audio, video and programming code simultaneously.
Furthermore, for verification, we tested this image on the AI-detector tool Hive Moderation. Our results revealed that this image was created by AI.
We contacted senior journalist Ravish Kumar for more information about this photo. Ravish Kumar told us that it is completely false and 100% fake. This clarification from Ravish Kumar makes it clear that false and fabricated claims are being made about him on social media.
Conclusion:
DFRAC’s fact check clearly shows that Ravish Kumar was not attacked in his housing society. The viral image of him injured is also AI-generated. Therefore, the claim by social media users is false.
