Does This Video Show Visuals of Uttarakhand Cloudburst? No, It’s AI-Generated
The video has been made using AI and doesn't show real visuals of a cloudburst in Uttarakhand.
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A video showing a large volume of water suddenly pouring down on a narrow street is being widely shared on social media, where users have claimed that it shows real visuals of a cloudburst in Uttarakhand, where several people have been trapped and are missing.
The Quint also received queries to verify this video on its WhatsApp tipline.
(Archived versions of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.)
Is it true?: No, the video was made by an Instagram page called 'Kandha Odysseys Vines' using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
How do we know?: We noticed a watermark reading 'Kandha_Odysseys_Vines' on the video.
The watermark showed an Instagram username.
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Additionally, we saw that the number plate on the blue two wheeler on the video showed garbled text, indicative of AI.
The text on the two wheeler is illegible.
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We looked for the account on Instagram and found a page with the same name, which routinely shares AI-generated content.
The page shared this video on 5 August, noting in its caption, "This is AI generated + VFX touched fictional content."
It also carried several hashtags mentioning AI.
The caption showed that the video was made using AI.
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The account's bio also mentions that it makes AI-generated content.
The account makes AI-generated and VFX videos.
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Conclusion: An AI-generated video is being shared with the false claim that it shows real visuals of a cloudburst in Uttarakhand.
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