Fact-Check: AI-Generated Clip Showing Cow Attacking Luxury Car Viral as Real

AI-detection tool Deepfake-O-Meter concluded that the video was created using AI.

A video showing a cow jumping and destroying an orange luxury car is going viral on social media.

The claim: Those sharing claimed that it was a real incident that happened in India.

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• This video is not real and was created using artificial intelligence (AI).

• AI-detection tool, Deepfake-O-meter, confirmed the same and concluded that the video was AI-generated.

What we found: At first, we slowed the viral video and noticed some flaws such as the text on the boards in the background being unclear and distorted.

• Such discrepancies are often noticed in AI-generated videos which led us to test it on AI-detection tool, DeepFake-O-Meter. It concluded that the clip was created using AI.
  

• Team WebQoof ran a relevant keyword search and found an Instagram page named 'Aikalaakari' where the viral video was uploaded.

• The page's username made note that the clips were created using AI.

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• We went through the Instagram page and found similar videos created using AI. You can view them here and here.

Conclusion: This viral video of a cow attacking a luxury car is not real but has been created using AI.

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