TechViral Putin, Modi and Xi selfie at BRICS summit is AI-generated

A viral selfie said to show Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and other leaders together at the BRICS summit in New Delhi was generated by AI. A SynthID watermark indicates OpenAI tools were used, while several pictured leaders did not attend. Another AI image includes former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in 2024. Both circulated widely, including through official embassy accounts.