Videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, apologising and asking for forgiveness following recent military escalations with Pakistan, reportedly acknowledging that they "lost the battle" to the neighbouring country, have gone viral on social media platforms.
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Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.
All three videos have been created using artificial intelligence (AI) and are not real, as claimed.
What we found: At first, we ran a relevant keyword search to find out whether the three politicians had given such statements amid the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan. However, did not find anything related to this.
We, then, noticed that the words and the lip movement in all three videos did not match. This was an indicator that the video could be created using AI.
Team WebQoof, then, ran all three clips on AI-detection website, Hive Moderation and found that they had content which was created using AI. Swipe right to see the results.
PM Modi's audio was 98%, Shah's video was 56% and Jaishankar's video was 95%, 'likely AI.'
Here are the results by Hive Moderation.
(Source: Hive Moderation)
Additionally, the quality and finish of these videos was extremely smooth with the background either blurry or clearly visible.
PIB debunks the claim: Press Information Bureau (PIB) debunked Jaishankar's video and said that it was 'AI-generated.'
Conclusion: AI-generated clips of PM Modi, Shah and Jaishankar have gone viral to falsely claim that they apologised for launching an attack against Pakistan, and later 'losing' in the conflict.
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