Debunking Viral Videos: AI-Generated Chaos in French National Assembly

Viral Videos and Allegations

• 📢 Viral videos circulated on social media claiming a group of young people caused chaos in the French National Assembly.
• 🎯 The videos depicted young men, described as mostly people of color, running around the hemicycle shouting "It's our home now."
• 🗣️ A user known for targeting minorities attributed the incident to the left-wing party "France Insoumise," labeling it "the true face of the left."

Proving the Videos are Fake

• 🧐 It is possible to visit the National Assembly with groups up to 50 people, provided they wear appropriate attire.
• ⏱️ A key clue suggesting fakery was the short duration of the footage, as real events typically generate hours of video.
• 🔊 Analysis of the audio in one video revealed that despite the appearance of a large, excited crowd, voices never overlapped.
• 🏗️ Architectural inconsistencies in a second video, showing a non-sensical layout compared to the actual hemicycle, further indicated it was not real.
• 👤 Close examination of the video revealed distorted faces and an arm holding a phone not connected to a human body.

The Role of AI Video Generator Sora

• 🤖 The logo "Sora" was visible on the videos, a watermark added by the AI video generator itself to prevent misuse.
• 💡 Sora, launched two weeks prior to the video's context, is a powerful AI tool that generates 10-second videos from text prompts, facilitating the spread of fake news.

Identifying the Creators

• 🔍 A reverse image search led to a TikTok account named "Kuma AI artificial intelligence 974."
• 🎭 The account, which never mentioned politics and seemed to create content for amusement, was behind the AI-generated videos.
• 🌍 The creators apparently staged further AI-generated adventures in Brussels, Strasbourg, and New York City, including smoking in the National Assembly and dyeing hair in the colors of the French flag at the European Parliament, all presented as fake.