A video which shows a soldier urging Iran to stop their attacks is being circulated on the internet with users linking it to the recent Israel-Iran aggressions.
What did the video show?: It reportedly showed an Israeli solider saying, "Iran, we beg you, please stop the attacks. Half of Israel is gone. We surrender. Just stop this destruction."
Is the video real?: No. There is no available evidence to support the claim that such a clip had been made by an Israeli soldier.
Additionally, we found that the viral video was created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.
How did we find that out?: We performed a Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral clip and found better quality visuals shared on an unverified YouTube channel named 'Nishad Ali'.
It was shared on 16 June.
We noticed the YouTube carried a watermark of "Veo" at the bottom-right side. For the unversed, Veo is a tool launched by tech giant Google that enables users to create AI-generated clips.
What did detection tools show?: Team WebQoof passed the video through two detection tools namely 'Hive Moderation' and 'DeepFake-O-Meter'.
The first tool showed over 92 percent chance of the video being generated using AI.
Three detectors from the second tool showed a conclusive result of the viral clip being AI-generated.
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The tool showed over 92 percent chance of the video being generated using AI.
(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot)
Moreover, we passed the audio through a detection tool called 'Resemble AI'. It said that the audio was fake.
Conclusion: It is evident that an AI-generated video is being shared as real visuals of an Israeli soldier urging Iran to stop their attacks.
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