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Bengaluru Police Arrest Man for AI-Generated Fake Vidhana Soudha Blast Video
A fake explosion at a legislature produced a real FIR and a deactivated account.
The facts
A 25-year-old migrant worker from Bihar was arrested in Bengaluru for creating and sharing an AI-generated video falsely depicting a bomb blast at Vidhana Soudha, Karnataka's legislative building. The viral video caused public alarm, prompting police action, an FIR, and the deactivation of the social media account.