Also important to note is that these stock images or the ads themselves that use them, may add weird errors on purpose as a way to psychologically ingrain the ad into your mind because you'll remember the weird shit. I forgot what this practice is called, but it has a name.

Things like the peas being upside down in this:

It seems to me any place where you might expect stock photos might be AI these days, because it's trendy to use AI and may be seen as cheaper than paying for stock photos.

Take the hat wearing photo. There seem to be two of those, second row second photo and fourth row third photo. She is even carrying the same yellow thing on both photos. But if you look closer, the 2nd row photo has a rainbow above the flowers, but the fourth row photo has a teddy bear kind thing instead of a rainbow. The second row photo has frills on the sleeves in the front, but the fourth row has frills on the back.

If I posted that to every asklemmy question I didn't care about, I'd be very busy. What is the point of posting that rather than ignoring a question you don't care about?

Personally I think there is value in people trying to discern what is and isn't AI and developing those skills.

This is one of these cases where it's probably better to use AI. I don't even understand why people even have to be in these picture frames. "Ohhhh so that's what i could put in these things."

it’s actually my 10yo daughter who sent me this image and asked me if it’s AI. I’m teaching her to be on the lookout for ai generated images so that she can stay vigilant and not fall for scams using ai images to create a narrative.

Not trying to be mean, but when's the last time you spent any time with a kid around that age? My toddler is doing things along those lines with her hands in every picture I have of her.

Good catch!