AI undressing accounts turn celebrity paparazzi photos into click bait

Who gets targeted

One recurring subject is British actor Callum Turner, Dua Lipa’s husband. The account “UKViewTIme” posted several altered AI images of Turner and Lipa walking in New York. Lipa wears trousers and long coats in the edits, while Turner is inexplicably shirtless. In the original paparazzi photos, he is dressed.

Another recent post from “BiTheWay” showed Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp and actor Sheridan Townsley. The edited image showed both young men shirtless; the original paparazzi photos show them in shirts and jackets.

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The fabrications retain details that help them pass as believable. In altered AI images of Harry Styles shirtless, for example, his familiar tattoos remain visible. The post again came from “UKViewTime.”

Another repeated target is Knox Jolie-Pitt, son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The account also altered a photo of Pitt: the original shows him in a yellow suit, while the fake puts him in a black tank top that exposes artificially muscular arms.

The real image is part of the trick

These pictures can be difficult to spot because much of each image is genuine. The setting, the people and the paparazzi moment may all be real; the change is what the subjects are made to wear—or not wear.

I think the striking part is how little the edits need to change. A real street photograph supplies the credibility, while one invented clothing detail supplies the click bait. The announcement leaves unanswered who is behind these accounts and how widely the images circulate. For viewers, the practical warning is simple: when the scene looks familiar but the clothing seems implausible, the photograph may be real and its most provocative detail may not be.