a video A video going viral on social media purports to show people looting money from the streets in Uttar Pradesh after a truck loaded with cash overturned on the highway. Video shows overturned vehicles and cash strewn on the road, with people scrambling to retrieve them.
The video was shared with the caption, “A truck loaded with cash overturned on a highway in Uttar Pradesh and cash started flying on the road. Around 500 people saw this and gathered at the spot and looted the currency notes.”
India Today Fact Check found that the video is not from UP and no such incident occurred recently. This video was generated by AI.
our probe
If such an incident had actually happened, it would have made the news. However, no reliable reports on the subject were found either from Uttar Pradesh or other parts of India.
Upon closer inspection of the video, we found some evidence that it was an AI-generated video. For one, the video has the smooth, glossy texture typical of synthetic media. Second, the limbs and faces of people in the crowd often appeared distorted. Thirdly, the autorickshaw seen in the video was deformed and did not have any doors on the side. These clues and many others suggested that the video was generated by an AI.
I did a reverse search for the video’s keyframes and found that it was shared. instagram account His name is Arshad Arsh Edith. The caption clearly states that this video is AI-generated and made for entertainment purposes. The account has many other AI-generated videos and is also listed as “Animated Meme & AI Video Editor” in its profile.
We also inspected the videos using AI detection tools. Hive Moderation indicated that there is a 99% chance that this video was created using AI.
Therefore, it is clear that this video does not show the actual incident at all.
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