A video featuring news anchors discussing weight loss remedies is widely circulating on social media. The clip includes a message attributed to Dr Deepak Chopra, promoting these purported weight-loss solutions.
In the video, it is claimed that in India people become obese due to liver congestion… if you cleanse your liver, you can quickly lose weight forever.
The above post can be seen here (archive).
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video in question, and found it to be AI-generated.
A thorough analysis revealed several inconsistencies, including lip-sync discrepancies between the audio and visuals. The NM team also found the original clip on the official YouTube channel, The Chopra Well, dated November 17, 2024.
In the original video, Indian-American author Dr. Deepak Chopra speaks on topics such as psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and spirituality. However, he makes no mention of weight loss or any related remedies.
A detailed comparison of both videos reveals identical visuals, but the original video does not refer to weight loss or any related remedies.
A thorough Analysis of the viral video, using TrueMedia’s deepfake detector, reveals strong evidence of digital manipulation. The tool detected AI-driven alterations in facial features and detected 100% AI-generated audio, further confirming the use of deepfake technology in the video. (Detailed analysis can be seen here.)
Based on the above findings, we can conclude that the video in question is digitally manipulated.
