US EditionAI Deepfakes Flood Social Media After Hurricane Melissa
- Amid Hurricane Melissa's approach, social media reports a surge of AI-generated storm videos across X, TikTok, Instagram, and WhatsApp, mixed with genuine footage, causing confusion.
- As AI-generated media becomes easier to produce, new AI video tools like OpenAI's Sora enable fast creation of realistic storm footage, while storms' emotional nature drives viral misinformation, experts warn.
- Among specific fakes, journalists flagged a pool-shark clip and other fabricated scenes as part of the three identified fake videos, revealing visual oddities and user-applied community notes and watermark indicators.
- Government officials warned that fake videos during disasters create confusion and distract responders, urging the public to rely on Jamaica Information Service, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, and Office of the Prime Minister for updates.
- Researchers note that incentives like engagement payoffs encourage sensational deepfakes, so experts warn it will become harder to distinguish real footage from synthetic videos as AI improves.
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Phony AI-Generated Videos of Hurricane Melissa Flood Social Media Sites
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AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media
From shark videos to news reports - AI is taking fake disaster content to a new level. If you have opened TikTok or X in the past 48 hours you may well have seen AI-generated photos and videos of Hurricane Melissa, as the storm blasted across the Caribbean. The flood of disinformation prompted Jamaican authorities to issue warnings. Emerald Maxwell takes a look in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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