This Video of Fire Engulfing the Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates Is AI

Team WebQoof found that the video was AI-generated and did not show real visuals.

Fact-Check | The video has been generated using the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video showing fire engulfing the Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is being circulated on social media platforms as a recent incident, amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions.

What have users said?: An X (formerly Twitter) handle named 'Mojtaba Khamenei' shared the clip with a caption that said, "We fired 1,800 missiles at the Burj Khalifa. Every single missile hit the target."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

The above post had gained over eight lakh views on the platform. More archives of similar claims could be found here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The video has been generated using the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and does not show real visuals.

Discrepancies in the viral video: Upon closely examining the viral video, we found multiple instances where people could be seen merging with each other. The overall texture of the clip appeared to be too smooth.

• These findings indicated towards the possibility of the clip being an AI-generated one.

The video carried multiple discrepancies.

(Source: Viral video/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

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

• The first tool showed over 99 percent probability of the video being an AI-generated one.

• Three detectors of the second tool gave conclusive results of the viral clip being generated using the help of AI tools.

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This tool showed over 99 percent probability of the video being an AI-generated one.

Three detectors of the second tool gave conclusive results of the viral clip being generated using the help of AI tools.

Conclusion: It is evident that the video has been generated using the help of AI tools and does not show real visuals.

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