Artifacts & slop check
Detect the smears and melts that scream "AI-generated"
Even when nothing is factually wrong, diffusion artifacts give a creative away: wax-like edges on a logo, jewellery that dissolves into skin, background objects that are almost — but not quite — chairs. Chekr hunts the visual slop that makes audiences distrust an image without knowing why.
What artifacts look like
- Melted or wax-like edges on logos, products and jewellery
- Smeared texture where two objects meet
- Ghost fragments: half-formed objects with no purpose
- Repeating tile patterns in backgrounds and fabrics
- Nonsense geometry — stairs to nowhere, handles that attach to nothing
How Chekr checks it
The artifact pass sweeps the whole frame for regions where the image stops making physical sense: boundary smears, dissolved detail, duplicated patterns and half-objects. Every hit is pinned with a bounding box and scored by severity so you can triage the frame in seconds.
Most artifact findings carry an inpaint fix that regenerates only the affected region. The quality gate compares before and after, rejects fixes that drift, and the re-check confirms the artifact is actually gone rather than moved.
Frequently asked
What is "AI slop"?
Slop is the catch-all for low-effort generative output: smeared details, generic compositions and tell-tale artifacts. Even high-quality generations usually contain a few sloppy regions — the point of scanning is to find and fix them before publishing.
Will it flag intentional stylisation?
The check distinguishes deliberate style (motion blur, soft focus, illustration) from generation failure by looking at whether the anomaly is consistent with the creative’s style. Borderline calls surface as minor findings with lower confidence, so nothing blocks silently.
How long does a scan take?
Around four seconds on average per creative for the full multi-category scan, streamed live check by check.