{"id":270692,"date":"2026-06-11T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/real-or-fake-how-to-tell-if-a-weather-image-is-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:15:09","slug":"real-or-fake-how-to-tell-if-a-weather-image-is-ai-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/real-or-fake-how-to-tell-if-a-weather-image-is-ai-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Real or fake? How to tell if a weather image is AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real or fake? How to tell if a weather image is AI<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2026\/06\/11\/real-or-fake-how-tell-if-weather-image-is-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-11 18:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.wowt.com<\/a><\/p>\n

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – You\u2019ve probably heard it before – don\u2019t believe everything you see online. Take a look at these two pictures of a thunderstorm. One is real, and the other is generated by artificial intelligence. Can you tell the difference?<\/p>\n

Many photos and videos like the one on the right are circulating online.<\/p>\n

Spotting AI Images<\/span>(WOWT)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn many ways, it\u2019s kind of what we\u2019ve always seen. We\u2019ve always had to kind of analyze what we\u2019ve seen on social media, make sure that we seek other trusted sources to kind of verify that information. But with AI, it makes it particularly difficult if we find or come across well done AI where you get generated storm images that look very realistic,\u201d said Chris Franks, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Valley.<\/p>\n

Franks says they haven\u2019t seen a huge uptick in fake reports directed to the NWS office, but the meteorologists do see it online daily.<\/p>\n

Sharing AI weather content can lead to public misinformation, confusion, and makes it difficult to tell what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not. So how can you tell if a weather image or video is real?<\/p>\n

\"SpottingSpotting AI Images<\/span>(WOWT)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIs the rain sort of disappearing, is it moving through structures? There are things, details in the image itself, like if we have tree damage and trees over the road, is there leaf debris scattered around? Does it match the thousands of other photos of real damage we\u2019ve seen over the years during damage surveys or just looking at reports?\u201d said Franks. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just what you\u2019re looking at, it\u2019s also about where it came from. <\/p>\n

\u201cTake a moment, hit the pause, really sort of analyze, is this a trusted source of information? Is it a major media outlet? Is it a public safety official? Or, is it the National Weather Service that\u2019s posting that? Or is it just some person on social media? So I think that\u2019s the biggest thing, really understanding how this information gets shared,\u201d said Franks. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re…<\/p>\n

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