With growing public interest in environmental and wildlife conservation, concerns have arisen over the rise of fabricated images on social media depicting non-existent, alien-like animal species. These digitally manipulated images exploit the public fascination with nature by portraying fictional creatures as newly discovered species. Our investigation focuses on one such incident, aiming to shed light on the phenomenon and its potential implications for scientific credibility, public awareness, and conservation efforts.
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A video circulating on social media talks about a recently discovered species of fish called Homo Piscis, or human-faced fish, which is said to be found in Lake Samsara in the tropical region of Karanji. The narration also explains the unique characteristics of these human-like fish species, saying that they possess complex intelligence and intelligence.
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The short clip was widely shared with Facebook users from around the world in many languages.
This video is also viral on WhatsApp.
We decided to do a fact-check on this.
Fact Check:
Lake Samsara and Karanji Region: We searched for a region called Karanji, and while there are several places in India with that particular name, Lake Samsara was not found in any of these places. There is Lake Karanji in Mysuru, Karnataka, India, but there are no reports of the discovery of a mysterious human-like animal there.
Main Media Coverage: There was no widespread coverage by mainstream media outlets of the groundbreaking discovery. If scientists had indeed found a strange species that resembled human faces, it would probably have been widely reported, but no such reports have been found.
Scientific Validation: The alleged species of fish, named Homo Piscis, does not appear in any scientific database that provides authoritative taxonomic information. This absence raises doubts about the authenticity of the claim.
Video Source: The video in question was uploaded to a YouTube channel called ‘Headtap Videos,’ which is known for many similar video and graphics experiments, as seen here.
AI Generated Fish Images: The visuals in the video are highly likely to be computer-generated imagery (CGI), as confirmed by several AI detection tools, which showed a very high probability of AI creation for most of the images captured from the viral video depicting of man. -faced fish species, as seen here (99.9% AI), here (97.7%) and here (99.9%) in Hive Moderation, an AI Detection tool.
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Conclusion:
There is no credible evidence to support the claim of the discovery of a human-faced fish species named Homo Piscis in Lake Samsara or any other location. The video is a CGI creation using AI-based generative content, uploaded by a channel known for similar graphics-based content.
Title:AI-Generated Images Used in Fictional Story of Human-Faced Fish in Lake Samsara
Written By: Kalana Krishantha
Result: Wrong
