Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Depicted Bulgarian Politician Kostadin Kostadinov Falling During Protest
A purportedly AI-generated video circulated on social media reportedly depicting Bulgarian politician Kostadin Kostadinov falling while jumping a fence during a June 8 protest against adoption of the euro in Bulgaria. Reporting said the clip was generated from a still image taken at the protest and bore a partially obscured Haliuo AI watermark. The video was reposted by multiple accounts and reportedly drew more than one million views.
- Date it happened
- 2025-06-12
- Organisation involved
- Visoko naprezhenie, Mario Stefanov, Budilnikbg.com
- Product, system or model
- Haliuo AI image-to-video generation system, Haliuo AI, Deepfake technology
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