This Video of Mahindra Thar Stuck on Signboard on Expressway Is AI-Generated

The user, who had created the video, clarified that the viral clip was generated using AI.

Fact-Check | The video has been generated using the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and does not show real visuals.

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A video which shows a Mahindra Thar stuck on an overhead signboard is being shared on social media platforms with several users claiming that the incident recent took place on the National Highway (NH)-48.

What did the viral post say?: It was posted with a caption that said, "Malayali virus everywhere, Welcome to mahindra airlines.! (sic)."

An archive of the post can be found here.

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This post had gained over seven lakh views on the platform. Archives of more such claims could be accessed here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The above video has been generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and does not depict a real incident. This meant that the viral claim was false.

Discrepancies in the viral video: Towards the right of the vehicle, we spotted some garbled text written on the signboard.

• This immediately raised questions about the credibility of the video, as garbled text are commonly spotted in AI-generated visuals.

• We further noticed a watermark of an Instagram handle that said "@viiztrrix".

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The signboard carried some garbled text.

The video also carried a watermark of an Instagram handle.

Finding the original post: On searching for the handle on Google, we came across the Instagram account that had shared the visuals on 18 February.

• Its caption said, "This video content is AI-generated for fun purposes only. Please don’t take it seriously."

• We went through the account and found that the user regularly posts such AI-generated visuals.

The video was posted on 18 February.

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What did detection tools show?: Team WebQoof passed the Instagram video through two AI detection tools namely — 'Hive Moderation' and 'DeepFake-O-Meter' to further verify its authenticity.

• The first tool showed over 98 percent probability of the video being an AI-generated one.

• One of the detectors of the second tool pitched over 99 chances of the video being generated using AI.

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This tool showed 98 percent probability of the video being an AI one.

This tool's one detector showed 98 percent probability of the video being an AI one.

Conclusion: It is evident that the video has been generated using AI and does not show a real accident on NH-48.

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