Jesus Has Appeared in The Sky? Detailed Fact Emerges

• The claim that the image of Jesus appeared in the sky has been fact-checked, and it was traced to being generated by artificial intelligence
• An X user, Mike Sonto, claimed that the image was seen at the Oyuma Market in Kendu Bay, Homebay County
• The absence of the image on credible platforms subjected it to fact-checking, and it was discovered that it was an AI-generated image

The claim on X (formerly Twitter) in a post by one Mike Sonto on April 7, 2024, with a picture claiming to be the image of Jesus appearing in the sky, has again fueled the speculation and discussions about supernatural beings.

The Image was said to have been taken at the Oyuma Market in Kendu Bay, the Homebay County in Kenya.

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Has Jesus' image appeared in the sky?

Sonto, in the caption, urged his viewers to repent, suggesting that the sight was a sign of incoming divine judgment.

According to Dubawa, a fact-checking platform, the post generated over 742,000 views, 827 reposts, and 1,000 comments.

Following a thorough search on the internet, the image of Jesus claiming to have appeared in the sky could not be seen on any reputable websites, leading to suspicion about the authenticity of the claim.

Photo of Jesus appearing in the sky

The absence of the image to have credible sources suggested that it might have been generated from artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

This hypothesis was validated when the image was subjected to AI image detectors.

The AI image detector Hive Moderation concluded that there was a 99.5% likelihood it was AI-generated. Is it AI? gave a 95.24% likelihood, Illuminarty 95.1%, Content at Scale 94% and Hugging Face also gave a 97% possibility of the picture being AI-generated.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the Facebook posts that claimed South Africans were attacking Nigerians following their defeat at the 2023 AFCON semi-final have been verified.

The three pictures shared by one Facebook page, Igbo Times Magazine, were discovered to be dated to the Xenophobic period in 2019.

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Source: Legit.ng