Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A video was released showing former actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, claiming that he praised the Albanian national football team.
This video material was published on June 25 on the social media TikTok by the "DardaniaTimes" account.
What's wrong with this video?
After verification by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this video material was generated with artificial intelligence. Therefore, such a statement was not made by Schwarzenegger.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "DardaniaTimes" account:
After watching the video footage, an unnaturalness is noticed in the former actor's mouth.
To support this fact, hibrid.info has analyzed the video material through the "TrueMedia.org" platform, which identifies deepfake or artificial intelligence-generated content.
Based on the results provided by this platform, it appears that the video material is AI-generated content. (see here)
After verification through the automated program “InVID”, hibrid.info has managed to find the same material where former actor Schwarzenegger speaks. The video was found and published on Youtube by the GQ channel on October 29, 2019. (see here)
In this interview, Schwarzenegger talked about the film characters he had played.
Analyze:
Through a video, it was claimed that former actor Arnold Schwarzenegger praised the Albanian national football team.
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it was found that the video material was generated with artificial intelligence. The content was taken from an old interview with Schwarzenegger, where he had talked about the film characters he had played.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Fraud".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.