From Mashable
9 ways to spot an AI-generated viral video
By Chance Townsend
AI-generated video has gotten way too good. Scary good, actually. Because of that, our feeds are flooded with suspiciously perfect clips — like impossibly cute animals bouncing on trampolines — racking up millions of views across TikTok, Shorts, and Reels.
With AI content blending seamlessly into our scroll, it's not always easy to know what’s real. So, how can you tell if a viral video is AI-generated?
Truth be told, there’s no perfect checklist for spotting an AI-generated video. “Even if I don’t find the artifact, I cannot say for sure that it’s real, and that’s what we want,” Negar Kamali, an AI research scientist at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, told Mashable Tech Reporter Cecily Mauran last year...
Shorter clips give AI less opportunity to reveal its flaws. That’s why so many viral synthetic videos cut off right before something looks “off.”
“If the video is 10 seconds long, be suspicious. There’s a reason why it’s short,” Hany Farid, a UC Berkeley professor of computer science and digital forensics expert, said to Mashable.
Likewise, if a longer video is made up of very short clips stitched together, be suspicious. Most AI video generators can only produce short clips. Google Veo 3, the most advanced generative AI video model, produces 8-second clips. Sora, by ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, produces videos between one and 20 seconds long...
Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley
