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wn.com - 22 hours ago

Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites

By TAIMOOR SOBHAN and KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press One viral video shows what appears to be four sharks swimming in a Jamaican hotel’s pool as floodwaters allegedly brought on by Hurricane Melissa swamp the area. Another purportedly depicts Jamaica’s Kingston airport completely ravaged by the storm. But neither of these events happened, it’s just AI-generated misinformation circulating on social media as the storm churned across the Caribbean this week. These videos and others have racked up millions of views on social media platforms, including X, TikTok and Instagram. Some of the clips appear to be spliced together or based on footage of old disasters. Others appear to be created entirely...


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