Fake video of scooter splitting in half at green light – AI generated

Does the viral video show the real scene of a “scooter breaking in two at a green light” under the driver? No, it’s not. Two online detection tools found signs of AI. Visual analysis of Lead Stories found artifacts consistent with AI generation.

This claim was published on May 21, 2026 by @Sollu__iam in a post published on X (archived here and here).

The scooter broke in two at a green light. He was still standing 😳

As of this writing, the attached video thumbnail looks like this:

AI detection tool Hive Moderation found that the clip had a “93.7% chance of being generated by AI.”

Hello. InVID tools verification plugin toolbox, The audio track is thought to have a 70% chance of being the product of AI-assisted voice cloning.

Closer inspection reveals multiple artifacts that are strongly suggestive of AI. For example, the scooter’s rear wheel initially comes off, but after a few seconds it appears to still be attached to the vehicle body.

However, when the man dumped his broken scooter into the hole, the rear wheel either shrunk dramatically or disappeared again.

Even though the street lights had already turned green when the man’s scooter fell over, the person in the background appeared to be sitting backwards on the scooter, waiting for the scene to unfold in the middle of the traffic jam.

This video appears to have originated from a TikTok account named “the.worldai” on May 20, 2026. the The following was written in the self-introduction:

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First caption (archived) here) Also, the video was labeled AI.

Previously, on April 28, 2026, the same account on TikTok was published similar The video shows a man with a similar complexion but wearing a different red T-shirt.