AI-Generated Clip of AM Rakesh Sinha Viral to Claim That India Lost S-400 System

In the original clip, Sinha did not mention any losses suffered by India at the hands of Pakistan.

Fact-Check: This video is not real and has been created using AI.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video featuring Air Marshal Rakesh Sinha speaking to the news agency Press Trust of India (PTI), has gone viral on social media, claiming that he confessed about the losses suffered by India against Pakistan during Operation Sindoor in May.

What did Sinha say?: "Okay, we are conducting exercise cold start which will be conducted in first week of October in central sectors since Pakistani drones infiltrated Delhi and Gujarat last time PM Modi told us that there should be no more infiltration from Pakistani drones. We have already lost two S-400 systems because of them. We will make sure Pakistani drones don't beat us again. (sic)"

An archive of the post can be found here.

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Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as this video has been created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to allege that Sinha accepted India's losses against Pakistan in May.

What we found: At first, Team WebQoof ran a relevant keyword search and found a similar video on PTI's X page from 23 September.

• It was a video interview with Sinha about testing drone systems in October, highlighting the need to stay ahead in military thinking and planning.

What he said:

We are conducting exercise Cold Start, which will be conducted in first week of October in central sector, where we are going to test drones and the counter drone systems. Participating is all three services, industry partners, R&D partners, academia, everyone will be there.

Air Marshall Rakesh Sinha to PTI

• There was no mention of the S-400 drone systems or India-Pakistan's military combat in May during Operation Sindoor. Sinha also did not note about the alleged losses suffered by India.

Anomalies in the video: We slowed down the viral video to check the lip and face movements in Sinha. Around the time when he alleged about Pakistani drones entering India, the lip movement did not match with

• Team WebQoof extracted the audio from the video and ran it on Undetctable AI, an AI-detection tool which noted that the audio was 'likely AI-generated.'

Here is a preview of the result by Undetctable AI.

(Source: Undetctable AI)

PIB fact-check: The Press Information Bureau's fact-check unit also debunked the video and noted that it was created using AI-technology.

Team WebQoof has debunked similar videos of several officers in the Indian armed forces falsely claiming to accept the personnel and assets lost by India. Watch here.

Conclusion: An AI-generated of Air Marshal Sinha has gone viral to falsely claim that it accepted the alleged losses suffered by India against Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.

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