This article explores three instances of misinformation circulating online surrounding Hurricane Helene's impact on Florida. It highlights a manipulated video falsely portraying President Biden speaking about the hurricane in 2024, an AI-generated video of the storm with misleading captions, and a genuine photo of a Coast Guard rescue that has been subject to speculation.
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Examination of the video shows clues that confirm it is AI-generated. Apartment towers in the first shot have irregular shapes to their balconies. AI image and video generators are not good at representing areas of dense or repeated detail like this.
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