Archive · 13 Sep 2025
AI-Generated Escalator Video Misleads Social Media Users
Imagine a video showing escalators breaking down in a mall.
This video is fake, created by a computer program.
People online are sharing it as if it really happened at a mall in India, saying people got hurt.
But it's not real!
It was made using AI, like a digital trick.
The video is not a real news event.
A video showing escalators collapsing inside a mall is circulating online.
The video has been falsely attributed to BM Habitat Mall in Mysuru.
Social media users have shared the video with claims of deaths.
The video is not real; it was created using artificial intelligence.
The incident depicted in the video did not occur.
- Who
- Social media users, creators of the AI-generated video
- What
- A video depicting escalator collapses in a mall was created using AI
- When
- The video was recently shared on social media
- Where
- BM Habitat Mall, Mysuru, Karnataka (claimed location)
- Why
- Unknown; to deceive viewers into believing the event was real
- Incident Depicted
- Escalator collapse in a mall
- Location Claimed
- BM Habitat Mall, Mysuru, Karnataka
- Reality
- Video is AI-generated, not a real event
- Misinformation
- False claims of casualties