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FALSE: This image isn’t of a large octopus on Malindi Beach The image was created using Generative AI.
FALSE: This image isn’t of a large octopus on Malindi BeachThe image was created using Generative AI.
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This post on Facebook with an image purportedly of an octopus washed ashore on Malindi Beach is FALSE.
The Kiswahili post translates to: “Everyone is heading to Malindi Beach to witness the amazing creature brought by the water at night. There are some very strange creatures in the ocean.”
The claim image is of an octopus and seemingly onlookers on the beach.
A similar post appears here.
However, an initial keyword search does not bring up any reportage of such an occurrence, prompting further investigation.
A reverse image search to determine the photo’s origin brings up various instances where the image has been shared, all seemingly posted in June 2024.
Among the search results, is a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on 5 June 2024 with a video bearing a watermark from an Instagram account: ‘Best_of_AI.’
A search for the account on Instagram brings up a photo montage video shared on 1 June 2024 containing the photo in question, among others depicting various angles. This appears to be the first use case of the image.
The account’s bio states what it does: “AI STORY TELLING — Experimenting with different ai engines, themes and styles (fashion, sea creatures, arts, alternative history, movie ref etc) (sic).”
The text accompanying the image also states that it is a fictional story.
The account also contains similar images of giant marine life, as seen here and here.
PesaCheck subsequently ran the image through AI-image detectors, ‘Umm-Maybe’s AI Art Detector’
and ‘Content at Scale’, which ranked it as 89 and 88 per cent artificial.
Umm-Maybe’s AI Art Detector results.
Content at Scale AI detector results.
PesaCheck has looked into a post on Facebook with an image purportedly of a large octopus washed ashore in Malindi and found it to be FALSE.
This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.
By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.
Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.
This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Harriet Ogayo and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa.
The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Doreen Wainainah.
PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org.
PesaCheck is an initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with support from Deutsche Welle Akademie, in partnership with a coalition of local African media and other civic watchdog organisations.
Are they lying? Kenya’s 1st fact-checking initiative verifies statements by public figures. A @Code4Kenya and @IBP_Kenya initiative, supported by @Code4Africa.
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PesaCheck
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This post on Facebook with an image purportedly of an octopus washed ashore on Malindi Beach is FALSE.
The Kiswahili post translates to: “Everyone is heading to Malindi Beach to witness the amazing creature brought by the water at night. There are some very strange creatures in the ocean.”
The claim image is of an octopus and seemingly onlookers on the beach.
A similar post appears here.
However, an initial keyword search does not bring up any reportage of such an occurrence, prompting further investigation.
A reverse image search to determine the photo’s origin brings up various instances where the image has been shared, all seemingly posted in June 2024.
Among the search results, is a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on 5 June 2024 with a video bearing a watermark from an Instagram account: ‘Best_of_AI.’
A search for the account on Instagram brings up a photo montage video shared on 1 June 2024 containing the photo in question, among others depicting various angles. This appears to be the first use case of the image.
The account’s bio states what it does: “AI STORY TELLING — Experimenting with different ai engines, themes and styles (fashion, sea creatures, arts, alternative history, movie ref etc) (sic).”
The text accompanying the image also states that it is a fictional story.
The account also contains similar images of giant marine life, as seen here and here.
PesaCheck subsequently ran the image through AI-image detectors, ‘Umm-Maybe’s AI Art Detector’
and ‘Content at Scale’, which ranked it as 89 and 88 per cent artificial.
Umm-Maybe’s AI Art Detector results.
Content at Scale AI detector results.
PesaCheck has looked into a post on Facebook with an image purportedly of a large octopus washed ashore in Malindi and found it to be FALSE.
This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.
By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.
Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.
This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Harriet Ogayo and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa.
The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Doreen Wainainah.
PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org.
PesaCheck is an initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with support from Deutsche Welle Akademie, in partnership with a coalition of local African media and other civic watchdog organisations.
Are they lying? Kenya’s 1st fact-checking initiative verifies statements by public figures. A @Code4Kenya and @IBP_Kenya initiative, supported by @Code4Africa.
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·Published in·4 min read·Jun 26, 2024Follow UsLike UsEmail UsWhatsApp UsEnglishKenyaShort FormWritten by PesaCheck5.8K Followers·Editor for FollowMore from PesaCheck and PesaCheckHOAX: UNICEF is not running this cash promotion in UgandaThe United Nations humanitarian and development agency dismissed the promotion as fake.Mar 13FALSE: Margarine is not similar to plastic and does not share 27 ingredients with paintPlastics are polymers and completely unrelated to anything in margarine.Apr 29, 20219SATIRE: No couple was arrested for opening a fake Centenary Bank branch in Masaka, UgandaBoth the bank and the Ugandan police have dismissed the claim as fake.Jun 10, 2022FALSE: There is no case filed at British Luton Crown Court seeking the deportation of Kiambu…The British court told PesaCheck that there is no information about the said case in their records.