Katy Perry AI photos of her at the Met Gala are going viral, dupe the internet

Katya Perry is NOT at this year’s Met Gala, but at least for a moment the internet thought it was, and it’s all thanks to that pesky AI… which took some very realistic-looking photos.

Photos of the singer claiming to put her at the high-fashion event started circulating on Monday – with a few X users randomly throwing these photos into the mix… and hoping no one would notice they were totally fake.

Well, for a while… their plan worked, as people recirculated the images — which appeared to show KP in a few different floral outfits. Eventually people moved on.

Give credit where credit is due, we suppose… because yes, they look very real indeed.

In one of the photos – which has been viewed more than 9 million times – Katy can be seen in an elaborate dress that certainly fits this year’s theme… Sleeping Beauties/Garden of Time. However, many noticed that the color scheme of the stairs was completely off… they were pink.

This year’s stairs are actually more blue/green…so another photo popped up quickly. That too looked pretty legit… but users started taking it apart just as quickly.

At this time, there is no evidence that Katy herself is present at the event. In fact, the last time she was at the Met Gala was in 2022… when she wore a black dress on a red carpet.

Naturally, once AI Katy started making the rounds online… the photos started going viral – and many are baffled at how authentic some of these computer-generated images are starting to become. In the age of artificial intelligence, digital disinformation is ripe and plentiful.

Anyway… it’s just another example of how the modern world is even more topsy-turvy than it already is — but on the topic of real stars who actually to the ground in NYC…they looked damn good. And we’ll even say this… AI Katy looks pretty chic too.

No harm, no foul really – especially since KP himself was in on the joke and liked the photos.