Can you tell if an image was made with AI?

Sometimes, and when we can, we can say so definitively. Many AI tools write their own signature into the file, and some sign it cryptographically. If that is present we find it. If it is not, nobody can tell you for certain, and we will not pretend otherwise.

Is there a free AI image detector that does not require an account?

Pudding's AI image check is free and needs no account. It runs entirely in your browser, so the image is never uploaded and no copy is kept. It reads the provenance embedded in the file rather than guessing from the pixels.

Why do AI detectors get it wrong?

Most guess from the pixels using a model trained on old generators, so they miss new ones and flag human work as fake. A screenshot or a re-save also strips the real evidence, which leaves the guess as the only thing left to go on.

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Was this made with AI?

Drop an image below and we will read what it actually carries. No score, no percentage, no guessing from the pixels. Just the evidence that is really in the file, and a straight answer when there is none.

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How much each one is worth

The check looks for the same six things every time. They are not equally strong, and the result tells you which kind it found.

AI generator signature: The strongest answer a file can give about itself. Stable Diffusion and its relatives write the prompt and settings straight into the image, and other tools stamp their name into it. When it is there, the file is telling you directly. It is also the easiest thing to lose: one screenshot and it is gone.
Content Credentials: A sealed record of who made an image and how, including whether an AI tool was involved. ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly and others seal one into every image they make. It is the C2PA standard, backed by Adobe, OpenAI, Google and others, and real proof when it survives. We read what it says and tell you; checking that the seal itself is genuine takes a heavier tool, so we link you to one.
Camera data: Which camera took the picture, and when. Useful, but among the easiest things in a file to edit, so we treat it as a clue rather than a fact.
Editing history: The last program to save the file. It tells you the image passed through an editor, and nothing about where it started.
File name: The weakest signal here. ChatGPT names its downloads “ChatGPT Image” and the date, and Gemini and DALL·E have patterns of their own, so a name can be a useful clue. It is also the easiest thing to change, in either direction, so it never outweighs what is inside the file.
Pudding Proof Record: Whether this exact file was registered on Pudding, and when. Unlike everything above, it lives on the public record rather than inside the file, so no screenshot can strip it. That is the whole idea.

Why we will not give you a percentage

Most AI detectors guess from the pixels. They are trained on yesterday's generators, so they miss today's, and they routinely tell real artists that their own work is fake. That number feels satisfying and it is frequently wrong, and being wrong in that direction does real damage to the exact people this is supposed to protect.

There is a harder problem underneath. A screenshot strips the first four signals above, every one of them. So does a re-upload on most social platforms. That is why the honest answer for most images on the internet is that nobody can tell you, and why we say that out loud instead of filling the silence with a number.

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The fix is on the other end

Since a file cannot be trusted to describe itself after it has travelled, the proof has to be made at the moment of publishing, by the person who made it. That is what Pudding does: register what you publish and it gets a public, timestamped record anyone can check against the original, whatever a screenshot strips out later.

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