A TikTok account has published a video in which it appears Elon Musk, founder of the company SpaceX.
In this video, Musk is heard speaking in Albanian. However, through video content interference applications known as deepfake applications, it has been noticed that the material has been manipulated.
Through research and fact-checking, through the automated online program "InVID", hibrid.info has found the video material published in October 2022 by a YouTube channel, which clarifies that it is a video (deepfake) made as a "software test".
Link to the post published on TikTok by the account named "betimbytyqii1":
This post has managed to accumulate over 140 thousand views on TikTok. (see photo below)
The YouTube channel named "Elementi Shqip" in publishing this material, in addition to indicating that it is a "deepfake" creation, also calls for this video "not to be taken seriously." (see here)
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the TikTok account has published a video created with artificial intelligence, in which Musk is seen speaking in Albanian.
The aforementioned account presented this video as real.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this video material as "Fraud".