With Delhi assembly elections knocking on doors, the Bharatiya Janata Party shared a video and accused the national convener of Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal of cheating the residents of Delhi and living a luxurious life in a ‘five-star palace’.
In response, the Aam Aadmi Party shared a video on its social media accounts including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and X. In this video, expensive luxury chandeliers, furniture and shoes are seen inside a luxurious bungalow. The footage was being circulated as the first look inside the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed as part of the Central Vista Project. The accompanying caption states, “The video of the royal palace has been shown to the people for the first time. Could this be why its doors are not open to the public?” (Archived link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4)
Big Breaking 🚨🔥
राजमहल का Video पहली बार आया जनता के सामने‼️😳
क्या इसलिए ही राजमहल के दरवाज़े जनता के लिए नहीं खोले जाते? pic.twitter.com/P52Ph2ak9n
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) January 27, 2025
Fact Check
Alt News looked at the design of the Pradhan Mantri Awas being constructed under the Central Vista Project to verify the Aam Aadmi Party’s claim. We did not find any video similar to the one shown in the viral video.
Upon closer inspection of the unnatural lighting, the interiors, and the objects and their design in the viral video, we noticed discrepancies that indicated that the clip had been altered or entirely made with the help of artificial intelligence.
We found several differences in the design of the building and the garden area seen at the beginning and end of the viral video. These have been highlighted below.
Readers can also take a look at the shoe circled in red at the 0:32 mark in the video. It clearly appears to be created by AI.
In addition, at the 1:06 mark, an unnatural transition is seen in the tap of the kitchen wash basin. This inconsistent change can also be seen on the glasses, flowers placed on the table, etc.
Alt News observed that the video contains a watermark of Sora, a video creation tool by Open AI, visible at the 2:12 and 2:32 mark. It has been highlighted with a red arrow in the picture below. This confirms that the video was created using Sora.
Further, we uploaded several keyframes of the video to Hive AI Image Detector and tested it. The report scored it against AI video generator sites like Sora, Pika, Stable Diffusion, and Flux and came to the conclusion that the video to be AI generated.
To sum up, the Aam Aadmi Party falsely shared an AI generated video and claimed that it depicted scenes from the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
AI generated videos or photos are being used a lot these days to make false and misleading claims. Here are some easy ways to identify them:
- If you look closely at the AI generated photos/videos, the unnatural texture of the eyes and smooth skin of the person featured in them is clearly visible.
- The shadow created by the light falling on a person or object also helps in identifying AI generated photos and videos.
- Apart from this, we can also check and verify AI generated photo videos with the help of Hive Moderation, Optic AI or Not and Google’s AI Detector Tool.
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