Fake AI videos clog social media as Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica
Written by stingfm on October 28, 2025
AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds on Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged towards Jamaica, diverting attention from critical safety information about the massive Category 5 storm.
Agence France-Presse surfaced dozens of fakes – most bearing watermarks for OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora – as Melissa was set to pummel the Caribbean island with violent winds and heavy rains.
The videos depicted a range of fabricated situations, from dramatic newscasts and shots of severe…
Agence France-Presse surfaced dozens of fakes – most bearing watermarks for OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora – as Melissa was set to pummel the Caribbean island with violent winds and heavy rains.
The videos depicted a range of fabricated situations, from dramatic newscasts and shots of severe…