Hundreds missing, including 291 foreign tourists, after flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border - BBC
BBC Verify analyzed viral footage of a flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border to determine if it was AI-generated. After frame-by-frame analysis and software testing, the footage was confirmed as authentic.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the increasing difficulty of distinguishing real disaster footage from AI-generated content in the digital age.
Warning: This post contains distressing content
Among the many verified videos of yesterday's flood, two stood out in particular for the sheer devastation they captured.
Both showed a wall of water engulfing a valley near a border crossing between Nepal and China, as people attempted to escape the oncoming deluge.
They were so shocking that some social media users wondered if they were made using AI.
Media caption, Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border
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