AI-generated video mistakenly shared as one of Iran attack in Bahrain

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Michael Lewis


The original video of the strike in Bahrain was shot at night.

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An AI-generated video is being shared falsely claiming to show real footage of Iran’s attack on Bahrain.

(Source: Facebook/modified by Quint)

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A video showing fire and smoke billowing from a skyscraper has been widely shared on social media as people watch it burn as conflict continues in West Asia.

Claim: The video is being shared claiming to show a Bahrain skyscraper being hit by an Iranian missile.

An archived version of this post can be found here.

At the time of writing this report, his post had garnered nearly 80,000 views.

(Archived versions of other posts sharing this claim can be found here, here, here, and here.)

Is it true?: No, this video is generated by AI and does not show real footage of buildings in Bahrain.

How did we know the truth?: To see if such a thing happened, I ran a keyword search for the term “Bahrain-Iran missile attack.”

  • This led to several news reports confirming that Iranian drones had attacked skyscrapers in Bahrain. ABC News, The footage was shown at night.

  • Another report was published showing the impact of the strike. guardianhad also shared a video taken at night.

video However, the photo was allegedly taken during daylight hours.

  • When I looked at it carefully, I noticed that most of the traffic on the road was moving towards the camera.

  • The traffic light in the video was also facing towards the camera, which is an odd occurrence since the traffic light is facing away from the flow of traffic.

There appears to be only one car going in the opposite direction.

(Source: X/Modified The Quint)

Is it AI?: Since there were no reliable sources sharing this video, we ran this video using an AI-generated content detector.

Hive pointed out that the video was likely created using OpenAI’s Sora 2.

(Source: Hive moderation/screenshot)

The video is likely to have been generated by AI.

(Source: Undetectable/Screenshot)

Conclusion: An AI-generated video is being shared with misleading claims that it shows the aftermath of an Iranian attack in Bahrain.

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