A hyper-realistic AI-generated video depicting Seoul's historic Gyeongbokgung Palace, submerged under a flood, burned a fresher alarm than its power artificial intelligence To create and spread false information.
First shared virus clip YouTube The channel “Golpadak” opens with a man wearing a yellow raincoat standing in front of the former royal palace. “Wow, the rain is incredible,” he says, gestures towards what appears to be deep water in his ankles. “Gyeongbokgung is completely flooded.”
After a while, the video is cut into a scene of people desperately bailing out the water with a plastic bucket before panning into seals gliding across the palace courtyard. “Wait – is that a seal? Ah, my well, seal!” the narrator screams, betraying the satirical undertone of the footage.
“People who make fake videos just to confuse others should be responsible,” commented, reflecting a wave of public anxiety.
The Korean Herald reported that the video was created with Google's latest AI video generation model, Veo 3. The outlet says numerous similar AI-generated videos about floods in Korea have grown across YouTube.
