AI clip was edited onto real video of Beirut to make it appear more authentic
An AI-generated video of a city in flames at night was edited onto real footage of an Israeli strike on Beirut . The misleading video has received millions of views on X and also being shared on Facebook .What appears to be the original AI-generated video was posted to TikTok on Oct. 1 where the five-second clip has more than 10-million views and 400,000 likes. The video is labelled as AI-generated in its description but not on the video itself.
Annotated sections of the video posted to TikTok claiming to be of Beirut slowed down and zoomed in to show areas of distortion that are indicators of being generated by AI.The AI clip from TikTok was edited onto genuine video from Beirut in an apparent attempt to make it appear more authentic. Combination image of two screenshots of a post on X showing an AI-generated video edited onto genuine footage of an Israeli strike in Beirut.from Oct. 5. The footage of the blast has been zoomed into significantly in the misleading edit.
Excerpt of a video published by the Associated Press on Oct. 5 of an explosion which has been added onto an AI-generated video.AI video generators are able to create highly realistic content that is becoming harder to detect. The way objects interact or block each other can cause distortions that are a clue to something being AI-made. This tell-tale sign is becoming harder to spot, such as in
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