What did the photos show?
At first glance, the photos look pretty realistic. They show a smiling Zendaya and Tom in their wedding outfits and the couple exchanging vows – all against a background that looks like Lake Como.
Photos shared by a creator called AK on X on 4 March also appeared to show Robert Downey Jr, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Jake Gyllenhaal at the wedding. This post had over 100,000 likes.
A viral Instagram photo dump of AI-generated ‘wedding day’ images, including one showing “Tom” holding a Spider-Man mask, received more than 10 million likes.
The caption said the images had been created with AI as an “artistic recreation” but some people appear to have been fooled and have commented to say congratulations. Others were less impressed and said they couldn’t believe an AI image had had so many likes. One of these comments on Instagram said: “AI slop getting 10 million likes… what has the world come to”.
Some remarked on how it can be difficult to tell the difference between AI and real photos as technology advances. One person questioned: “It’s real?” while another wrote: “Can’t tell if it’s AI”.
