🛰️ PicIntel

AI-powered Image Intelligence for the Digital Age

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🧩 Overview

Images can be manipulated, misused, or taken out of context — spreading misinformation and deepfakes.

That’s where PicIntel comes in:
An AI-driven OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) platform that verifies image authenticity, traces its origin, and uncovers hidden metadata — all in one click.

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🔍 Features

• Authenticity Check: Detects manipulations using deepfake & ELA analysis.
• Metadata Intelligence: Extracts EXIF data, GPS info, timestamps, and OCR text.
• Reverse Image Search: Finds similar images across the web.
• Automated Reporting: Generates a PDF report with confidence scores.

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⚙️ Tech Stack

Flask • OpenCV • Pillow • pytesseract • SerpApi • SQLite3 • Hugging Face models

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🧱 Setup

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate it
venv\Scripts\activate   # for Windows

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the app
python app.py

👩‍💻 Team HackOps

Arushi Gupta • Arya Rai • Nimisha Goyal • Ritwiza Bhardwaj

📜 License

MIT License