Tulane women's pole vault team AI image incident — Oct 2026
An AI detection service identified a synthetic image depicting the Tulane women's pole vault team posing in athletic uniforms and cowboy boots
- Incident date
- Oct 19, 2026
- Source report date
- Oct 19, 2026
- Target
- Tulane women's pole vault team
On October 19, 2026, an AI detection service identified and tracked a synthetic image featuring four women dressed in Tulane athletic uniforms. The image, which mimics the style of a professional studio photoshoot, depicts the subjects posing on a wooden gym floor against a green seamless backdrop.
What happened
The generated image shows four women wearing dark green Tulane uniforms, complete with white lettering and an American Athletic Conference patch. A notable detail in the composition is the inclusion of cowboy boots, with two pairs in white and two in brown, some featuring green Wave logos. The subjects are arranged in a dynamic pose, with one figure crouched in the center while the others stand behind in expressive positions, including one individual making a tongue-out gesture. Analysis by the detection service assigned varying likelihoods to the underlying generation models, attributing 49% to ChatGPT, 26% to Nano Banana, and 16% to Stable Diffusion.