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The AI-generated video has been shared as real footage of a Mahindra BE-6 towing a diesel generator on the road.
(Source: Instagram/Altered by The Quint)
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A video showing Mahindra’s BE 6 electric car towing a diesel generator along the road has been widely shared on social media platforms.
Claim: The video is being shared with the claim that the BE 6 was not only towing the generator itself, but was also charging itself while doing so.
An archived version of this video can be viewed here.
(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)
(Archived versions of other posts sharing this claim can be found here, here, and here.)
Is it true?: No, this claim is false as this video was generated by AI.
How do we know?: As I observed the video, I noticed that in one frame, the license plate of the car in the video had normal text, but it quickly changed to gibberish.
The right side of the car is missing.
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Since this is a characteristic of AI-generated media, we ran the video through Hive Moderation’s AI-generated content detection tool.
It pointed out that there is an 85.3% chance that the video was generated by AI.
The tool gave the video an overall score of 85.3 percent.
(Source: Hive moderation/screenshot)
Additionally, a reverse image search for videos led us to the Instagram account “@viiztrrix,” which regularly shares AI-generated content.
The user had shared the same video on his profile with the hashtag “ai.”
The video was first shared on an Instagram page that shares AI-generated videos.
(Source: Instagram/Altered by The Quint)
This user recently generated another video using AI. The video showed a Mahindra Thar stuck in a billboard. Team WebQoof When it went viral as a real video, it was debunked.
Recently, another video of the creator went viral as an actual visual.
(Source: The Quint/Screenshot)
Conclusion: An AI-generated video has been shared claiming to show a real-life visual of a Mahindra BE 6 towing a generator while charging.
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