For now, there are clear indications that a video is AI-generated and not recorded in real life.
CLEVELAND – Sometimes it’s easy to spot a fake image or video, but sometimes it’s not. That’s why today we’re VERIFYing how to tell if a video was created using artificial intelligence – at least for now.
As an example, we use a video created by professional editor Yonatan Dor of The Dor Brothers, which has already been viewed 1.1 million times. Yonatan created it with the help of Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company, xAI.
The video makes it appear that former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg and others commit crimes and are arrested.
We know these specific things didn’t happen, but if you’re not sure, there are some clues in this video that give it away. Yonatan told me via email: “With AI-generated videos, some common signs are strange-looking limbs, unrealistic movements, or missing/illogical details in the background. These subtle inconsistencies can give it away, but they will become harder to spot as technology advances. improves.”
If we look closely at his video, we see an example of strange-looking limbs around the 23 second mark, when the generated rendering of Zuckerburg appears to be holding a bat. About 30 seconds later we also see a strange blur of what is supposed to represent a police officer in the background.
But as Yonatan said, as technology improves, these telltale signs will likely no longer appear. I asked him what he thinks we need to do to prepare for this inevitability, and he told me:
“We believe that there should be a law that requires every AI-generated video to have an invisible watermark. This means that if you upload the video to platforms like YouTube or Meta, the video would look completely normal – without any forced visible watermark – but the description would automatically include a label in a non-removable font stating that it was created by AI has been generated. This would ensure transparency without disrupting the viewing experience.
“We also believe that there should be a global committee, similar to NATO, for example, where countries can come together to agree on security measures and regulations for the development of AI.”
For now, the best advice we can give you is to pay attention to the details, and if you see something you’re not sure about, send it to us at [email protected].
