Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A video was released showing the President of the United States of America (US), Joe Biden, saying that "If Serbia launches aggression against its neighbors, Kosovo or Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United States of America will not hesitate to use all necessary force in response."
This video was published on May 3 on the social media TikTok by the account "DardaniaTimes".
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 the American president.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "DardaniaTimes" account:
After watching the video footage, an unnaturalness is noticed in Biden's eyes and mouth.
To support this fact, hibrid.info has analyzed the video material with applications that identify deepfake or artificial intelligence-generated content.
Based on the results provided by the application "Hive Moderation"It turns out that the video material is 98,2% deepfake or AI content." (see photo below)
What is Biden alleged to have said in this video? (see below translated into Albanian)
If Serbia launches aggression against its neighbors, Kosovo or Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United States of America will not hesitate to use all necessary force in response. Let us be clear: There is no closer ally for the United States in Europe than the Albanians, and we are committed to their defense.
Hibrid.info has translated this statement into English, which it searched for on “Google” and the results did not show any results. So, such a statement is not found published in any medium. (see here)
Analyze:
Through a video, it was claimed that Joe Biden declared that "If Serbia launches aggression against its neighbors, Kosovo or Bosnia, the US will not hesitate to use all necessary force in response."
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it was found that the video material was generated with artificial intelligence or deepfake. Such a statement was not made by the American president.
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.