Fact check: Are China's robot soldiers just AI fakes?
DW.com • • world
Key Points:
- A viral 48-second video showing humanoid robots armed with machine guns conducting shooting drills in front of a Chinese flag is fake and AI-generated, despite widespread claims on social media that it depicts real Chinese military exercises.
- The robots in the video resemble Unitree Robotics' G1 model, but frame-by-frame analysis reveals numerous AI-generated inconsistencies, such as disappearing magazines, merged objects, and impossible movements, confirmed by forensic ballistics expert Philipp Cachee.
- The video is labeled as AI-generated on the Chinese platform Bilibili, where it was originally posted for entertainment purposes, and the company Unitree Robotics, known for civilian robots performing complex movements, has not confirmed any military use.
- A second similar video showing humanoid and four
