Katy Perry is NOT at this year’s Met Gala — but the internet certainly thought she was for a moment, and it’s all thanks to that tricky AI … which cranked some very real-looking shots.

Photos of the singer that purported to place her at the high-fashion event started circulating Monday — with a couple of X users randomly throwing these shots into the mix … and hoping no one would notice they were totally fake.

Well, for a little while … their plan worked, ’cause folks recirculated the images — which seemed to picture KP in a couple different floral-esque outfits. Eventually, folks caught on.

One of the photos — which has upwards of 9 million views — shows Katy in an elaborate dress that certainly matches the theme of this year … Sleeping Beauties/Garden of Time. However, many noticed that the colorway of the stairs was totally off … they were pink.

This year’s stairs are actually more so blue/green … so another photo cropped up quickly. That, too, looked pretty legit … but users started picking it apart just as fast as bunk.

As of now, there’s no evidence Katy herself is at the event — in fact, the last time she was at the Met Gala was way back in 2022 … when she was rocking a black dress on a red carpet.

Of course, with AI Katy making the rounds online … the pics started to go viral — and many are stunned by how authentic some of these computer-generated images are starting to become. In the era of artificial intelligence … digital misinformation is ripe and aplenty.

Anyway … it’s just another example of the modern world turning even more upside than it already is — but on the topic of real-life stars who were actually on the ground in NYC … they looked damn good. And we’ll even say this … AI Katy also looks pretty freakin’ posh.

No harm, no foul really — especially since KP herself was in on the joke, liking the pics.