ChatGPT 4o image creation model that gained popularity earlier this year. A straightforward text prompt was sufficient to generate stunning visuals, encompassing deepfakes and AI images that incorporated the Studio Ghibli animation styles to transform everything into anime. Gemini, Midjourney, and Adobe Firefly are capable of generating comparable results, as is Higgsfield Soul – the newest AI image and video generation tool to gain viral status. In the realm of video, Google’s Veo 3 model stands out as a clear frontrunner, but there are similar offerings from other AI companies, including Runway and Higgsfield.
The AI content produced with such applications tends to appear online in various forms. Social media is a platform where one can encounter AI images and videos that have gone viral. However, AI visuals and footage are starting to emerge everywhere. Most alarmingly, it is not always clear whether they were created with AI. This is where a new web search feature from DuckDuckGo proves useful, a functionality that every other search engine should emulate: DuckDuckGo enables users to filter out AI images when conducting searches.
As TechCrunch notes, DuckDuckGo’s “baby peacock” illustration shared on social media is a subtle jab at Google Search. This feature is already active in DuckDuckGo. I was able to replicate the image search for baby peacocks as demonstrated below. It’s an excellent tool to have available to locate genuine images as it becomes increasingly challenging to steer clear of AI-generated content.
The issue with the majority of AI-generated images and videos is that they don’t display visible watermarks. Most feature embedded meta watermarks within the
