Is a video showing a huge tsunami wave destroying a city authentic? No, that's not true: An online AI detection tool found the video is 99.5 percent generated by artificial intelligence tools. While this video does not have a label, the account that posted the video shares other videos that are clearly AI-generated.
The video (archived here) was posted on the TikTok account @NeuroArchives on September 3, 2025. the caption said:
You don't run from a wave like this... you just watch. #nightmarefuel #tsunami #horror #scary #disaster
This is what the video looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of TikTok.com)
The image used in the post and the article was generated using AI according to the Hive Moderation AI detector, as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: HIVE moderation website screenshot taken by Lead Stories.)
The Neuro Archives TikTok account has a link to their linktr.ee page where the first tab takes users to Yapper, which says it is the #1 Viral AI Video Platform and users can generate their own AI videos.
A Google Lens search returns multiple social media accounts posting the video. In one instance the video appeared on YouTube caption as a "Flood in the US 2025." There have been no such tsunami waves destroying a city in the United States as of publication date. The billboards in the scene show the common flaw with generative AI: it can't render text correctly and produces letter-like shapes not found in any single language.
(Source: YouTube screenshot taken by Lead Stories)
The Neuro Archives Instagram account posted other videos that are clearly AI, as this screenshot shows from a video of a large monster in the Amazon river but with a tag for Imagine Art Official, which is a content creation site:
(Image source: Instagram screenshot taken by Lead Stories.)
