Overview
- Ayush Agarwal of Dodo Payments announced a move to a larger Indiranagar office and posted images that users quickly questioned for visual oddities.
- Social media observers pointed to inconsistent shadows, oddly shaped objects and unnaturally flawless interiors as signs the photos were generated or heavily edited by AI.
- Agarwal later acknowledged using AI to "sharpen / enhance" the raw photos and defended the choice as an enhancement rather than a fabrication.
- X added a Community Note saying the post was not labeled with the platform's available AI-disclosure tool and that Agarwal had admitted the images were altered.
- The post went viral with more than 10 million views and sparked wide criticism about credibility for customer-facing fintechs and expectations for clear labeling of AI-edited content; no legal action has been reported.