Did "Shark Tank" investor Lori Greiner endorse a neuropathy or neuralgia medication? No, that's not true: An AI-detection tool found the video saying this has been altered to include fake audio that sounds like Greiner. The original video of Greiner never even mentioned neuropathy, it was an interview about starting a business.
The claim appeared in a video on Facebook on August 17, 2024, under the title "Immediate relief of neuralgia." It began with a voice saying:
If you don't want to die of neuropathy now is the time to prevent severe consequences. Neuropathy is one of the most dangerous, common and unavoidable problems.
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Tue Aug 20 21:58:59 2024 UTC)
The caption on the post read:
Lori Greiner reveals how he cured neuropathy after 10 years of searching for a cure for the neuropathy. neuropathy can be easily cured with the help of natural remedies. This remedy gets rid of problems in bed, revitalizes the body and improves the overall health of the body. It does not require medical intervention and can be used at home.
The first minute of the video shows Greiner sitting in a chair and speaking in front of a backdrop showing logos of ABC and Sony Television, which air "Shark Tank." The final 10 minutes of the video are just a countdown clock that claims "This offer is valid for 10 minutes! Urgently click on the link below." The stilted voice at the beginning of the video does not match Greiner's lip movements.
A Google search (archived here) of a screenshot of Greiner returned a video posted on YouTube (archived here) titled, "The TRUTH about starting a business according to Lori Greiner of Shark Tank," which was posted on Nov 17, 2016. She is wearing the same outfit and is in front of the same ABC network background.
A transcript of the video showed that Greiner never mentioned neuropathy, organ donation, blindness or amputation -- all of which the audio talks in the video that is the focus of this fact check.
Lead Stories used the AI-detection tool Resemble AI (archived here) to analyze 30 seconds of audio from the claim. The tool told us that the audio was fake. Evidence of the result is below:
(Source: Resemble AI website screenshot taken on Tue Aug 20 22:30:59 2024 UTC)
Lead Stories ran the audio through the DeepFake-O-Meter website (archived here). It determined that it was likely AI generated, as this screenshot shows:
(Source: DeepFake-O-Meter website screenshot taken on Tue Aug 20 22:33:13 2024 UTC)
Lead Stories reached out to Greiner for comment and will update the story if a response is received.
Other Lead Stories fact checks on claims involving "Shark Tank" can be found here.
