Is that video AI? 6 tell-tale signs it's a deepfake

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ZDNET key takeaways

• AI videos are flooding social media feeds daily.
• It is harder than ever to tell real from fake.
• Here's how you can distinguish what's real or not

AI-generated videos are everywhere now -- on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, you name it.

We've all seen one in our feeds at this point: a wild bear sneaks into a backyard toward a toddler, only to be heroically chased off by the family dog (what a good boy!), or an alligator returning a lost baby safely to its mother.

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These unbelievable videos are literally that: unbelievable, as in not real. But sometimes they're less conspicuous, like deer or rabbits jumping on trampolines, an angry preacher ...