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Unless you have found a really comfortable rock to live under, you have probably heard of AI and its endless potential to generate fakeness. 

Unfortunately, by mid 2026 some AI models are capable of generating or manipulating images and videos that are indistinguishable from reality. If you think you are too sophisticated to be fooled, you are either wrong already, or will be wrong in a matter of months with the next generation of models that will be even more powerful. This train is not stopping, if anything, it is just getting started.

For a site like ours this is a potential disaster. Sure, any online meeting place has fake accounts, or accounts using photos taken from the web. From that point of view, nothing has changed. What has changed is ease of access to tools that can create a fake account, and the ability to target. You can create an idealized version of yourself, in high quality gear and a lot fitter than you ever have been, standing in a ring, or performing a perfect technique that you have never been able to do in real life.

From the perspective of a professional fake, this is a game changer. (And thus, it is a game changer for us as well.) We still have our existing defenses (past opponents and recommendations) to fall back to, but a new person joining the site would have neither of those.

To illustrate the point, guess which of these is AI generated:

• https://www.meetfighters.com/photo/1980118
• https://www.meetfighters.com/photo/1944935
• https://www.meetfighters.com/photo/1983396

So what can you do? There is nothing you can do to reliably spot AI fakes. They are only going to get more convincing, more realistic and harder to detect.

Somewhat counter-intuitively, the best way to protect yourself from being fooled, is to verify your account.

What?
How does that help you?

It helps indirectly. If every genuine person on this site verifies their account, the fakes won't have a large crowd of unverified accounts to hide among. Those very enticing photos without verification will become warning labels.

This is what you can do today, to protect yourself, and protect everyone else.

Site policy changes

When a newly uploaded images is detected to be either AI generated or a screenshot, it will be watermarked as such. These photos can be used normally but they cannot be your avatar photo. Naturally, the photo must still depict you and represent your current age, level of fitness, etc. We are not giving anybody a license to be deceptive, but if you wish to place yourself in a different environment or blur out a background item, or remove an identifying tattoo using your AI powers, go ahead with that.

With this small change, you can upload your AI-Slop, but it wont be the main attention of your profile.

The watermark is there so viewers can draw their own conclusions.

We will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves and update these policies. We are open to suggestions and will try to react to new developments in the AI frontier.

In general, we are supporting and highlighting profiles and pictures from natural real persons, and pushing AI-Pictures into a corner of your profile. While at the same time, want to allow the use of these technology where it makes sense, removing identifying body marks, or other humans, landscape or signs from the background.

Photo Peer Review Changes

Our lives have been getting progressively more complicated. To make it a tiny bit simpler, two review categories ("clean" and "mild") have been merged into one. The new category includes both fully clothed and shirtless photos.

App Update

The MeetFighters App has been updated to version 4.2.0. This new version includes support for scheduling meetings (a.k.a. "Future Opponents") and many small improvements. Download it now (or whenever Apple and Google are done reviewing it)!

Keep Fighting, Stay Safe,
The MeetFighters Team