Does an authentic video show the moment when a curious black bear climbed on a porch railing and woke a napping man? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It has the watermark of Sora, an app from OpenAI which can generate videos from text-based prompts.
The video (archived here) was posted on X by @DisrespectedThe on Oct. 6, 2025. It is captioned:
Wake up.
This is a still from the video included in the post:
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from x.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1975383448908108231.)
This video has a watermark from Sora as well as the TikTok account handle @globalhiking, where it was posted originally on Oct. 6, 2025 (archived here). The @globalhiking account (archived here) has posted numerous AI-generated videos mimicking the style of footage filmed by a doorbell camera (pictured below). The porch scenes feature children and adults interacting with dangerous animals such as bears, alligators and mountain lions.
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from tiktok.com/@globalhiking.)
Sora is described on the Apple App Store this way:
Sora is a new kind of creative app that turns text prompts and images into hyperreal videos with sound using the latest advancements from OpenAI. A single sentence can unfold into a cinematic scene, an anime short, or remix of a friend's video. If you can write it, you can see it, remix it, and share it. Turn your words into worlds with Sora.
