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The material is becoming more realistic and harder to differentiate from real images, posing new issues for prosecutors and law enforcement.—Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 28 Feb. 2026 While many social media users quickly called out the White House image as a fake, the real image was shared by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a post on X that was published 30 minutes before the White House shared its altered photo.—Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Musk's platform has faced scrutiny from governments around the world, including the European Union and the U.S. Congress, over Grok AI's digital alteration of real images.—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026 That was a real image, really sticks with me about who stays and who leaves and why.—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for real image