AI technology getting this good.

AI tech is this good. If you had five months you could easily gin up a big batch of faces and remove any that had the Innsmouth Look.

Not in any way saying that's what happened here. I think the idea that they were having everyone put on the same jacket to have their picture taken is more plausible.

But we're basically past the point where you can tell the difference between a real photo of a person and an AI generated photo.