A fake video that appears to show Muslims praying in the middle of a London street is gaining attention online.
The clip, shared on Facebook, includes audio in the background that sounds like someone saying “Allah Akbar” over a loudspeaker.
These videos have received hundreds of negative comments from people who believe they are real.
However, they are not real; they are created by artificial intelligence (AI).
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Each of the four videos was found to contain SynthID, an invisible watermark added to content created or edited by Google’s AI tools, in both visual and audio content.
Although the presence of watermarks does not tell us whether AI was used to generate something entirely new or modify existing content, other clues suggest that these videos were almost entirely generated by AI.
Text on storefronts and buses is garbled throughout the video, and some flags are distorted. Problems occur regularly with people and vehicles.
Before sharing such content that you may come across on social media, it is important to consider whether it comes from a reliable and trustworthy source. Our Full Fact toolkit includes guides and tips on how to identify whether something may have been generated by AI.
