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Welcome to\u00a0Rendering<\/a>, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of\u00a0AI<\/a>\u00a0and showbiz. Rendering examines how\u00a0artificial intelligence<\/a>\u00a0is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.<\/em>\u00a0Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com.<\/em><\/p>\n The Met Gala has always been a preposterously gaudy spectacle, but there\u2019s an insurgent new guest on the New York red carpet that has raised the stupidity stakes for all: AI.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n The baroque fancy dress party for the world\u2019s elite has been hijacked in recent years by viral fake photos, meaning already barely believable looks are being confused with outright fabrications. Open Instagram or X\/Twitter, and it is genuinely tricky to distinguish between the two, thanks to the ever-increasing sophistication of modern AI models.<\/p>\n I myself was a victim. I pegged as fake Cardi B\u2019s dress<\/a>, which to me resembled a giant intestine. It was, in fact, a Marc Jacobs creation<\/a>. On the other hand, I had to search trusted media to establish that Lady Gaga did not attend the Met Gala in an iconic Thierry Mugler dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n Millions of others may have been fooled by the Met\u2019s \u201cFashion is Art\u201d theme. Dua Lipa brandishing Botticelli<\/a>\u2018s The Birth of Venus<\/em>? Fake. Kendall Jenner\u2019s Greek statue-inspired<\/a> fit has more than 3M views on X alone, except her real dress<\/a> (a GapStudio look inspired by Winged Victory of Samothrace<\/em>) was rather less literal. Not to be confused with Heidi Klum<\/a>, who did actually mould herself in a marble-like costume, evocative of the Veiled Vestal <\/em>sculpture. Do keep up.<\/p>\n Even AI was fooled by AI. I put fake images into Google\u2019s AI search tool, and hey presto \u2014 I was told they were legit photos from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My Anya Taylor-Joy search (see screenshot below) linked to coverage of the Met in trusted media outlets, including the BBC, making Google\u2019s inaccurate results appear credible.<\/p>\n