Fact Check: Image of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant wearing gold clothes is AI-generated
Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s marriage is scheduled on July 12, 2024. Canadian singer Justin Bieber performed at their sangeet ceremony with several celebrities attending the ceremony.
Anant Ambani couple
Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s marriage is scheduled on July 12, 2024. Canadian singer Justin Bieber performed at their sangeet ceremony with several celebrities attending the ceremony. Stars like Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh joined the Ambanis in celebrating the event.
Meanwhile, an image of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant wearing clothes made of pure gold is being shared on social media with a claim that Jio raised prices so that these two could wear clothes made of gold.
The claim in Telugu goes “జియో మరియు మీ ఇతర నెట్వర్క్ ధరలు పెంచింది, వీళ్లు బంగారు వస్త్రాలు ధరించడానికి.” When translated, it claims that Jio and your other network prices have been hiked,, so that they wear gold clothes.
Fact Check:
The claim is False. The image is an altered one.
Upon checking the image, we found that the image quality is bad. The image was not used by any of the articles published by mainstream media outlets.
The image was shared by the Instagram account of Anant Ambani with the caption ‘Beauty of AI’ on June 1, 2024.
Later, we tested the image using AI detection tools and found that the image has been modified using AI technology. A tool named ‘Is it AI’ confirmed that it is 95% likely to be AI generated.
An article published in India Today on October 31, 2023, with the title ‘Radhika Merchant, Anant Ambani pose with Mukesh Ambani at Jio World Plaza opening’. This article shares several images of Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, and others.
A comparison of one of the images with the viral image shows that it is the same image and it has been digitally altered.
Therefore, the claim that Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant are wearing pure gold clothes during one of their pre-wedding ceremonies is False. The image has been generated using AI technology.