May 28, 2025

Hany Farid Explains Why Video From Gaza Is Not AI-Generated

From NBC News

The internet thinks this video from Gaza is AI. Here's how we proved it isn’t.

By Marin Scott and Colin Sheeley

New video posted to social media from southern Gaza became the center of a heated internet debate about whether it was generated using artificial intelligence.

The video, which started circulating Tuesday, shows a person in a camouflage-print face covering and baseball cap making a heart sign and a “shaka” sign with their hands in front of a large crowd of Palestinians gathered along rows of fences, waiting for food aid at the Tal as Sultan distribution site in Rafah...

Hany Farid, a co-founder of Get Real Security and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, told NBC News, “I am not seeing any obvious signs that this video is AI-generated...”

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Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley.

Last updated: June 4, 2025