Free AI image detector
Upload an image to Quillbot’s AI image checker and see whether it is likely AI-generated or human-made in seconds.
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What is an AI image detector?
An AI image detector reads the pixels of an image and tells you whether it was created by a generative model or a photographer. Quillbot's AI image checker returns a percentage-based confidence score rather than a flat yes or no.
Tools like Midjourney, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, Flux, Adobe Firefly, and Nano Banana now produce images that pass for photographs at a glance. This AI-generated image detector is built for exactly that problem. It also flags AI-edited photos, where a real image has been retouched, extended or partly regenerated, and it surfaces many deepfake and face-swap artifacts.
Use it to check a news photo before you publish, verify a product listing before you buy, test a dating-app profile picture, screen an ID submitted during onboarding, or settle whether a viral post is real.
Detect AI-generated and manipulated images
Check whether an image was created with AI or carries AI-made edits, from a fully generated visual to a real photo with one background quietly swapped out.
AI-generated images
Images created primarily with an AI image generator from a text or image prompt. The AI image checker can help identify synthetic visuals, including photorealistic images that may look convincing at first glance.
AI-manipulated images
A real photograph with AI work layered on top: regenerated faces, synthetic enhancement, retouching that goes past a filter. Because part of the original survives, these score lower than fully generated images.
Background and object manipulation
Swapped backgrounds and removed people and objects painted in that were never there. Inpainting leaves seams the AI photo detector can read: texture that repeats where it shouldn't, lighting that doesn't agree with the rest of the frame, and edges that resolve too cleanly.
Check if an image is
AI generated in 3 steps
Upload your image: Drag in a JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP file, or click to browse from your device. Phone screenshots and social media downloads work fine, though original files hold more detail and tend to give the AI photo checker a cleaner read.
Analyze your image: Let Quillbot scan your image for visual patterns, lighting artifacts, and texture inconsistencies characteristic of AI-generated images without relying on watermarks or metadata.
Get Instant results: Get an AI-versus-human attribution as a percentage within seconds. See which regions of the image drove the score, which matters when only part of a real photo has been regenerated or retouched.
Detect images from today's most popular AI generators
Check images created with popular AI generators such as Midjourney, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, Adobe Firefly, and more. Coverage can evolve as new models and versions are released.
Popular AI image generators and their version
Generator | Creator | Versions detected |
DALL·E | OpenAI | DALL·E 2, DALL·E 3 |
Midjourney | Midjourney | v5, v6, v7 |
Stable Diffusion | Stability AI | SD 1.5, SD 2.1, SDXL, SD3 |
Flux | Black Forest Labs | Flux.1 Dev, Flux.1 Schnell, Flux Pro |
Adobe Firefly | Adobe | Firefly 2, Firefly 3 |
Ideogram | Ideogram | Ideogram 2.0, Ideogram 3.0 |
Bing Image Creator | Microsoft | - |
Nano Banana | Google DeepMind | Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro |
GANs | Various | StyleGAN2, StyleGAN3 |
Real image or AI?
See the difference instantly
Quickly analyze images and determine whether they were created or altered using AI.
Fast and reliable detection
Get results in seconds. Our AI picture detector scores texture repetition, lighting inconsistencies, and the structural slips generators leave behind, then hands you a percentage instead of a vague verdict. One upload, one clear number.
Supports multiple image types
Upload JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebP straight from your device. A marketplace product shot, a news photo, and a scanned certificate all get the same analysis, at the same speed.
Powered by advanced AI models
Use detection models trained on millions of real and synthetic images spanning photography, illustration, digital art, and memes. Coverage expands as new generators ship, so our AI photo detector keeps pace with the models people are actually posting from.
Privacy first
Trust that your upload is secure. Quillbot does not store your images, share them, or feed them into model training. The free AI image detector also works without an account, so there is nothing to hand over in the first place.
How Quillbot’s AI image detection works?
Dataset training: The model is continuously updated on large datasets of real photos and AI-generated images to learn the subtle differences between them.
Pattern recognition: Our AI-generated image detector reads texture repetition, lighting gradients that don't resolve, edge coherence, and geometric inconsistency in reflections, hands, hair, and fine background detail, the signatures generators still struggle to fake.
Multiple forms of AI manipulation: Coverage extends past fully generated images to AI edits: inpainted regions, extended backgrounds, synthetic enhancements, and many face swaps.
Continuous model updates: Designed to identify visual patterns associated with AI-generated and AI-manipulated images across different generation and editing methods.
What types of AI-generated images can you check?
From deepfakes to fake receipts, verify any image, for any purpose. AI images don't arrive in one form. Some are art, some are fraud, and some are a real photograph with three details quietly changed. Quillbot's AI detector image scan handles all of them from one upload.
Deepfakes and face swaps
Spot synthetic and swapped faces used to impersonate real people or manufacture a moment that never happened. Coverage includes generated portraits, FaceSwap-style composites, and digitally altered faces circulating on social platforms.
AI-generated artwork
Identify illustrations, concept art, and design assets produced by any AI image generators with our AI photo detector. Useful for publishing decisions, commissions, and originality disputes.
Product photos and listings
Verify listing photos and promotional visuals before money changes hands. Generated product shots make counterfeit and non-existent inventory look professionally photographed.
Profile and identity images
Check profile photos, avatars, and selfies for generated faces. Fake accounts built on synthetic portraits are the entry point for catfishing, impersonation, and coordinated manipulation.
Who uses Quillbot's free AI image detector?
Content moderators
Screen user-generated uploads at scale for synthetic faces, generated artwork, and manipulated visuals. Decisions get faster when every borderline image arrives with a score attached.
Businesses and brands
Check supplier, partner, and customer-submitted images before they reach your audience. Fake product photos and altered endorsement shots do reputational damage that is expensive to undo.
Journalists and bloggers
Verify image authenticity before publishing. A single fabricated image in a published piece costs more credibility than the deadline it saved.
Trust and safety teams
Review IDs, selfies, and verification documents for signs of generated or deepfake imagery before you approve onboarding. Synthetic identity fraud starts with an image that looks ordinary.
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AI image detector FAQs
Does image quality affect the detection accuracy?
Yes. High-resolution originals give the detector the most to work with. Heavy compression, aggressive resizing, blur, and screenshots with interface chrome around the edges can all lower the confidence score. Detection holds up well on re-encoded and re-shared images, but if you still have the original file, upload that one.
What types of images are supported and how long does it take to analyze an image?
The AI image checker accepts JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WebP, which covers almost everything shared online, downloaded from social platforms, or exported from design tools. Analysis usually finishes in a few seconds.
Does the tool work on AI-generated images from Midjourney, DALL·E, and Stable Diffusion?
Yes. Those three are among the most widely used generators, and Quillbot's AI image checker is trained on their output specifically. Accuracy is strongest on versions that have been in circulation long enough to be tested thoroughly.
How does the AI image detector identify AI-created patterns?
It reads the pixels. The AI detector image analysis looks for texture repetition, lighting gradients that don't resolve, edge artifacts, and geometric inconsistency in reflections, hands, hair and fine background detail. Metadata, EXIF tags, C2PA provenance, and invisible watermarks are ignored, which matters because platforms strip them on upload anyway.
Is Quillbot's AI image detector free to use?
Yes. Quillbot keeps the AI image detector free, with no subscription or credit card involved, and you don't need an account to run a check. Nothing sits behind a paywall, and there are no per-image fees.
Can it detect edited or partially AI-generated images?
Yes. Partial generation, inpainted regions, extended backgrounds, and synthetic enhancement inside an otherwise real photo are all in scope. Confidence tends to be lower here than on fully generated images, and heavily post-processed files can be less certain.
Can AI image detector detects deepfake images or face swaps?
Yes, our AI image checker can flag many deepfake-style artifacts and AI-based face swaps, though results may vary depending on image quality and editing complexity.
What are appropriate ways to use AI Image Detector?
Please ensure your use of AI image detector complies with our Copyright Policy Community Guidelines Academic Integrity Page
Which AI image generators can Quillbot detect?
Quillbot's AI Image Detector is designed to detect images created across a wide range of generative AI models and technologies. Because AI image generation is constantly evolving, our detection technology is regularly updated to recognize emerging patterns and generation techniques.
What is a confidence score, and what does it mean?
Explain percentage score: 100% = AI-generated; 0% = human-made. Explain that 50–70% = uncertain. The higher the score, the more likely it is the image is AI-generated. A score of 100% indicates a high likelihood, while 0% means a human probably made the image.
Is my uploaded image stored or shared?
No. Every AI checker image upload is deleted after analysis. Quillbot does not retain your files, pass them to third parties, or use them to train models.
Can I use Quillbot's AI image detector on mobile?
Yes. The AI photo checker runs in any mobile browser, so you can check a screenshot or a photo straight from your phone without installing an app.
Can I check images from URLs as well as file uploads?
Uploading from your device is the supported route: drag the file in, or click to browse. If the image is online, save it first and then upload it.