A video allegedly featuring renowned cardiologist Dr Devi Shetty offering a remedy for joint pain using baking soda and guava is being widely circulated on social media.
The above post can be seen here (archive).
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video in question, and found it to be AI-manipulated.
Analysing the clip closely, our team identified several inconsistencies, particularly noticeable lip-sync discrepancies between the audio and visuals.
Using Reverse Image Search, we identified the original footage from Dr. Shetty’s appearance on Al Jazeera English’s official YouTube channel, dated June 01, 2012.
The segment in question occurs at the 10:13-minute mark, where Dr Shetty discusses his expertise in cardiac surgery. Notably, there is no reference to joint pain remedies in the original video.
The original and doctored videos share identical visuals, but the latter includes fabricated audio content designed to mislead viewers.
A deeper analysis using TrueMedia’s deepfake detector revealed substantial digital manipulation. The tool identified AI-driven modifications to facial features and confirmed the audio as 100% AI-generated. [Detailed analysis can be seen here].
Thus, we can conclude by saying that the AI-generated viral video falsely attributes joint pain remedies to Dr Devi Shetty.
