Their Instagram feed looks like that of any other twenty-something, but there’s nothing ordinary about these brunette sisters who are blowing up.
With their bikini snaps and “hot” selfies, it’s easy to see why conjoined twin influencers Valeria and Camila have become an instant social media success.
But while their Instagram feed looks like that of any other twenty-something vying for an online following, there’s nothing ordinary about these brunette sisters who apparently hail from Miami, Florida.
The young women, who only started posting on December 15, seemingly share just one body and have two heads perfectly aligned between their shoulders.
The twins – who claim to have a rare condition that occurs when a single fertilised egg fails to separate completely after conception – have also shared photos of a long scar that snakes their back.
“Our spines were dangerously fused together, so we had to undergo several surgeries and operations throughout our lives after birth,” one image was captioned.
There’s just one problem. Despite the emotional backstory and jaw-dropping photos, Valeria and Camila aren’t real.
To verify this, news.com.au used computer vision techniques including texture analysis and contextual logic to review the account and determine it was fake.
Our in-house analysis tools check for a number of different signs of fake imagery, including anatomical and biological consistency as well as light sources and reflections.
It determined multiple positive markers of AI generation, including that Valeria and Camila’s body “defies biological structure”.
One image, which shows the twins’ scar on their back while posing on a beach in a bikini, was found to be “anatomically impossible”.
“The image depicts dicephalic parapagus (two heads on one torso), but the junction at the neck shows significant blending artefacts where skin textures and hair follicles merge illogically,” the analysis tool reported.
There was also “shadow inconsistency” in the snap, with the shadow cast on the sand in the bottom right corner showing two distinct, separated torsos and heads, which contradicts the single-torso subject in the foreground.
The women’s skin also lacks pore consistency and texture.
And it was the same on every image from the @itsvaleriaandcamila Instagram account that we ran through our hi-tech verification software.
But despite the multiple giveaways in the photos, it hasn’t stopped many on social media being confused by the authenticity of Valeria and Camila.
“I’m very intrigued by you guys but I can’t tell if this is AI,” wrote one in the comments section.
“Are you real? Please answer me that question,” demanded another.
As another mused: “The questions I have is crazy… like what side do y’all sleep on?”
And herein lies the issue: unlike other AI content creators, Valeria and Camila have never disclosed this highly important fact, deliberately blurring the line between fiction and reality.
The motivation behind the page isn’t entirely clear either, with the twins’ creators going to great lengths not just bring Valeria and Camila to life, but to also build them a compelling narrative that includes a heartbreaking medical history and even childhood photos.
But while the pair’s photos are flooded with supportive comments and heart emojis, it seems there are still some who aren’t falling for it.
“If you can’t figure out the stupidly obvious stuff it’s time to get offline and live in the real world for a little bit,” said one particularly unsympathetic commentator on a Reddit thread titled: “HELP me figure out these conjoined twins AI or not”.
“We are doomed if people think this is legit,” noted another.
Others pointed out some hard to dispute facts to help the struggling social media user out.
“Dicephalic twins surviving to adulthood is insanely rare. We’re talking single digits across all of recorded history. Add to that the perfect bilateral symmetry and there’s no way. These two would have been known from birth and well-documented, especially in the United States,” shared one.
“Think about how much attention has been paid on Brittany and Abby Hensel [conjoined twins who live in Minnesota] since the ‘90s. There’s no way these people could exist and only be known through an Instagram account,” agreed another.
One social media user captured the concern around the twins’ popularity perfectly, concluding that while the women may not exist, the amount of people who can’t determine this for themselves is “alarming”.
cre: News.com.au