According to ChatGPT-5, the images above of Lincoln (left, before the Civil War, right, after) do not appear to be AI-generated. It said:

“They look like two authentic historical photographs of Abraham Lincoln taken at different points in his life:

• The left image resembles an early 1860 portrait taken before he grew a beard.

• The right image resembles one of the well-known 1865 portraits taken shortly before his assassination, showing the toll of the Civil War.

Both are consistent with documented Lincoln photographs: lighting, lens artifacts, period-appropriate clothing, and the natural aging pattern match real 19th-century photography.”

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