Top 12 AI-Generated Videos Fact-Checked by Misbar in 2025

With its latest developments, artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted the information and communication field. AI-based applications and platforms are increasingly integrated into humans’ daily life, from personal to professional use. Some users have welcomed the over reliance on AI tools, arguing that AI makes life easier and saves time on repetitive tasks. Others, however, raise concerns that AI invades personal life and may negatively impact human creativity, intelligence, and critical thinking.

Over the past year, AI has also shaped the digital landscape in a more complex way. AI-generated imagery and videos, often accompanied with misleading or deceptive claims, have widely circulated online. Regardless of the intent behind these claims, such content can easily mislead users who lack knowledge of the latest AI developments, critical analysis skills, or the visual literacy needed to spot inconsistencies and identify AI-generated content.

The surge of AI-generated claims coincided with major global events that Misbar covered, including the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, armed conflicts in Syria, Sudan, and Nigeria, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks. These events created fertile ground for misinformation, as sensational content exploits emotions, confirmation biases, and public doubts. Amid these crises, numerous AI-generated videos appeared on social media platforms like X, Facebook, and TikTok, often paired with misleading and deceiving claims.

To better understand this phenomenon, Misbar has curated a list of the 12 most widely circulated AI-generated videos of the year. These videos were selected not only for their reach but also because of the public’s growing skepticism regarding their authenticity. 

Through careful fact-checking, Misbar traced the origins of each video, confirming that they were AI-generated rather than genuine footage of real events, despite their highly realistic appearance.

This ongoing wave of AI-driven misinformation highlights the importance of media literacy, critical thinking, and coordinated action among governments, international organizations, tech giants, regulatory boards, and media institutions. Fact-checking platforms play a vital role in combating this type of misinformation, and Misbar’s efforts aim to promote informed, credible, and transparent public discourse by exposing these fabricated visuals.

In the following sections, Misbar presents its findings, detailing how these videos were created and the contexts in which they circulated. This compilation serves as a reminder to remain vigilant when encountering realistic-looking content online, especially during breaking news events or periods of social and political tensions.

AI-Generated Footage Claiming to Depict the Aftermath of the Sanaa Airport Attack

Following the Israeli attack on Yemen’s Sanaa Airport in May 2025, a video purportedly showing the aftermath of the airstrikes circulated widely on social media. After a thorough investigation, Misbar determined that the video was fake and AI-generated using an actual photo from the airport attack.

AI-Generated Video of Massive Destruction in Tel Aviv

Following an Iranian attack on Israel, a video clip claiming to show an aerial view of the aftermath in southern Tel Aviv circulated widely on social media. However, the footage was fake and AI-generated. Misbar’s investigation revealed that the video had actually been shared by a TikTok user two weeks before the attack. The user’s account is known for producing AI-generated content, confirming that the clip did not depict real events.

AI-Generated Video of Child Migrants in a Cage

Amid a wave of anti-migrant hate speech, a video circulated on social media showing children wrapped in foil blankets in a cage, claiming to depict child migrants at the U.S. border living in horrific conditions and sleeping on the floor with no beds or pillows and huddling together for warmth. Misbar’s thorough investigation revealed that the footage is not real. The video was AI-generated and contains visual inconsistencies.

AI-Generated Video of U.S. Force Deployment at the Border

After Donald Trump took office earlier this year, anti-immigration narratives surged online. A video clip claiming to show the U.S. military securing the border from immigrants circulated widely on social media. Misbar’s investigation revealed that the video had originally been shared on TikTok, where it was labeled as AI-generated.

AI-Generated Video Claiming to Show an Iranian Missile Strike in Tel Aviv

A video claiming to show an Iranian missile striking a building in Bat Yam, a city in southern Tel Aviv, widely circulated on social media. Misbar’s investigation confirmed that the video was fake and AI-generated. It was created using Google Gemini’s VEO 3, which is an advanced AI video-generation tool that produces highly realistic and dynamic content from text prompts or other media inputs.

AI-Generated Video Falsely Depicting Funeral of Israeli Soldiers

Social media users have widely circulated a video claiming to show the funeral of Israeli soldiers killed in an ambush in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, July 7. Misbar’s investigation revealed that the footage is AI-generated and does not depict the actual funeral. It was shared on a TikTok account two days before the Beit Hanoun ambush took place.

AI-Generated Video Claiming to Show a Pro-Israel Protest in Iran

After Israel announced its intent to topple the Iranian regime, a video claiming to show pro-Israel protests in Iran featuring demonstrators chanting “Free Iran” and “We love Israel” circulated widely on social media. Misbar’s investigation found the video to be fake and AI-generated. The footage has multiple visual inconsistencies and was originally shared by a TikTok creator, who confirmed in the caption that it was AI-generated.

AI-Generated Footage Claiming to Show Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi Volcano

Social media users circulated footage claiming to show the recent eruption of Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano. However, Misbar found that the footage is AI-generated and first appeared online in July 2025 on a YouTube channel that invites viewers to “experience the power of nature and beyond” through high-quality AI simulations of tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, explosions, rocket launches, and more.

AI-Generated Video of a Mass Funeral in Afghanistan

A video emerged online claiming to show a funeral procession for victims of this year’s earthquakes in Afghanistan. After investigation, Misbar found the footage to be AI-generated, containing numerous visual inconsistencies. It was first posted on August 18, 2025, more than two weeks before the earthquakes struck Afghanistan on August 31 and September 2, 2025.

AI-Generated Video Claiming Ukraine Hit the Kotovo Gas Facility

Social media users widely circulated a video claiming to show a Ukrainian attack on Russia's Kotovo gas processing plant. Misbar’s investigation found the footage to be AI-generated. Analysis using the Hive Moderation AI Detection Tool indicated it was 92% likely to be AI-generated. A similar video also had been uploaded three weeks earlier, falsely claiming that Ukraine was targeting the Saratov Oil Refinery.

AI-Generated Scenes of the Los Angeles Fires

Amid the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, social media users circulated a video claiming to show scenes from the January fires. However, Misbar’s investigation found that the footage contains manipulated scenes created with artificial intelligence and does not depict the 2025 Los Angeles fires. The video was originally posted by a user in a publication tagged “AI Info,” indicating it had been altered using AI.

AI-Generated Video of a Sudanese Woman Appealing for Arab Help

Amid reports of mass killings in Sudan’s El Fasher, social media users widely circulated a video claiming to show a Sudanese woman describing the horrific situation in the country and urging Arabs to help. Misbar’s investigation and detailed analysis revealed that the footage was generated using artificial intelligence.

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