AI detector blindspot: photo of Trump kissing Natalie Harp

A viral photo of Trump and aide Natalie Harp with six fingers and an OpenAI watermark was deemed authentic by most AI detectors. Expert Hany Farid confirmed the presence of a SynthID watermark in the high-resolution version.

• In the photo, Harp has six fingers on a gloved hand
• Claude deemed hand anatomy and club "consistent"
• Gemini did not find its SynthID but allowed generation
• Farid: high-resolution version contains SynthID