As the war escalates in West Asia, several images and videos of bombings and air strikes are being shared on social media platforms.
Lighthouse Journalism found that AI-generated videos were also being shared, claiming they belonged to the war in West Asia.
Claim:
Video 1:
X user KanpurXpose posted a video claimed to be from Bahrain showing an attack by an Iranian drone.
The video was being shared widely.
Video 2:
YouTube channel KhabrainAbhiTakTv posted a video claiming it was from Dubai.
Other users are also sharing the same video.
Video 3:
X user Daily Loud shared another video claiming it showed Iran firing a Fattah-2 missile.
Investigation:
We started investigating all these videos one by one.
Video 1:
The video seemed sharp and therefore appeared AI-generated.
Lighthouse Journalism then downloaded the video and ran it through AI detectors.
AI detector HIVE Moderation, suggested that the video was AI-generated.
Another AI detector. Zhuque AI detection Assistant too suggested that the video is AI-generated.
Video 2:
This video also seemed a bit odd and the missiles moved in an unrealistic manner.
HIVE detector suggested this video was also AI-generated.
Another detector too stated that the video was AI-generated.
Video 3:
This video’s lighting seemed unusual, therefore, Lighthouse Journalism decided to check it using the AI detector. We found that this video was also AI-generated.
Conclusion: Viral videos claiming air strikes amidst war in West Asia are AI-generated. The viral videos are fake.
