Researchers led by Jonas Ricker examine the rise of AI-generated faces in Twitter profiles, exposing the significant impact on social media integrity.

• Conducted a comprehensive analysis of 15 million Twitter profile pictures.
• Detected 0.052% were generated by AI.
• Reveals patterns of coordinated inauthentic behavior linked to spam and political campaigns.

This large-scale study addresses a crucial issue in social media’s ecosystem, highlighting the need for advanced detection mechanisms to prevent misuse of AI in creating deceptive identities. Insights from this research could lead to better security protocols and ethical guidelines in digital media.