Deepfake Clip of Emir of Qatar Criticising Donald Trump's Middle East Trip Viral
This video has been altered using AI technology and is not real.
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What's the truth?: This video has been altered using AI technology and is not real.
The original video shows him talking about ceasefire in Gaza.
How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video which led us to the original video shared by Doha News on X (formerly Twitter).
It mentioned that the Emir spoke about the urgent diplomatic efforts towards securing a ceasefire in Gaza while pushing for regional stability and praising Trump’s return to the world stage.
In the original video, he does not criticise Trump.
We also performed a relevant keyword search on Google but did not find any credible reports that would support this claim.
AI manipulation: We noticed unnatural movements around Tamim’s eyes and mouth signaling AI manipulation.
We analysed the video’s audio using several AI-detection tool, Hive Moderation, which confirmed that the audio is AI-generated and manipulated.
The audio has been manipulated.
(Source: HM/Screenshot)
Conclusion: A deepfake video of Emir of Qatar criticising Donald Trump is going viral as real.
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