Researchers in Aberdeen have been finding out if you can train people to identify computer-generated facial images.

One of these photos, being held by Dr Clare Sutherland, is an AI-generated deepfake Psychologist Dr Clare Sutherland is holding up two large photos. One shows the face of an Australian academic leading an international research study; the other is an AI-generated deepfake. Artificial intelligence has become so adept at creating realistic images, it is increasingly hard to figure out what is real or not. But can people be trained to spot an image of a human that has actually been created by a machine? That's a question Sutherland, from the University of Aberdeen, and her Australian colleague have been examining. But before we reveal the answer, have a go at this test - and note down your score. It used to be far easier to spot computer-generated visual creations - often used by fraudsters - because AI would make blunders, like adding an extra finger or something else that was obviously weird. "Training on visual artifacts, like looking for a sixth finger or odd earrings, has had limited success, partly because the AI is getting too good, and fraudsters may avoid using pictures with obvious flaws anyway," explained Prof Amy Dawel.