I see these on insta fair bit. It’s wild how many comments they get from people trying to interact with them. Or maybe know they’re fake and praising their hotness anyway…not sure which it is.
Still haven’t seen any yet that are truly indistinguishable
The lighting is usually easiest to tell. Image gen like evenly well lit people regardless of scene being a darkish hotel room or whatever
Judging from the pictures shown in the article, the uncanny valley remains undefeated. But there's people out there who are easily fooled, so I'm not surprised the fakes are effective.