Many people and media outlets were tricked by a viral AI-generated image, but it highlights a very real danger

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As a tech enthusiast, I’m seeing AI everywhere online these days – articles, images, videos… it’s hard to avoid! Honestly, a lot of the stuff AI creates is so good now, it’s really hard to tell it apart from work done by a real person. It’s amazing, but it’s also causing a lot of debate and pushing things into totally new territory. Recently, I’ve been hearing a lot of worry about AI being used in education, and it’s scary how convincing some of the fakes are – even major news sources have been fooled! It really makes you wonder… are we at the point where AI can even copy someone’s handwriting?

Is handwriting copying AI a reality or just another trick?

Everyone has a unique handwriting style – it’s as personal as a fingerprint. While some people‘s handwriting might share similarities, experts can usually tell them apart. But new advances in artificial intelligence can now perfectly mimic anyone’s handwriting, effectively erasing those individual differences.

The issue began with a post on X showing a screenshot of a handwritten math problem. Gemini, a large language model, reportedly solved the integral and, remarkably, replicated the original handwriting. The person who first shared the image later noted that many news organizations covered the story, raising questions about the potential implications of this technology.

Someone on X was so surprised by the image that they asked if it was real. The original poster confirmed it was completely fake, created using AI—not just the answer within the image, but the entire thing. A discussion on Reddit clarified that the text wasn’t handwriting at all, but a specific font used by Nano Banana Pro, a Google-developed AI tool for creating and editing images.

The internet has always had its risks, but the growth of AI is making it even more dangerous. As AI language models become better at mimicking how people write, it will become harder to trust documents and easier to create convincing forgeries for scams. Since handwritten signatures are still widely used to approve documents and agreements, it raises concerns about what the future holds. Only time will tell how these advancements will impact security and trust.

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2025-11-24 15:35