**Forget IQ: This One Surprising Skill Predicts if You’ll Fall for AI Fakes**

By Mary-Lou Watkinson, Vanderbilt University - Published on 28 February 2026

People with stronger object recognition skills are better at spotting AI-generated faces, according to new research. Intelligence and AI familiarity did not predict performance. Could you reliably spot a computer-generated face in a lineup of real people? As synthetic images become more common across news feeds and social platforms, the ability to separate authentic photos [...]

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