A viral video falsely claiming to show a tiger market in Bangladesh was actually created using Google's Veo AI tool, spreading misinformation about wildlife trafficking.
A video went viral on social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube, claiming to show a 'tiger market' in Bagerhat, Bangladesh where royal Bengal tigers were allegedly being sold. The video showed people lined up as if to purchase tigers from vendors. However, fact-checkers at Factly investigated and determined the video was entirely AI-generated using Google's Veo AI video generation tool. Evidence included unnatural facial expressions typical of AI-generated content, a visible 'Veo' watermark in uncropped versions of the video, confirmation from Google's SynthID detection tool that it was created using Google AI, and an 89% probability rating from Hive AI detection tools. The video was being shared across multiple social media platforms with false claims about its authenticity, misleading viewers about the existence of illegal wildlife markets in Bangladesh.
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