Does a video show a real confrontation between a shouting protester and a man in uniform who identifies himself as Sgt. Pepper? No, that's not true: This video has a watermark from Sora, an app from Open AI that generates videos from text prompts. The TikTok account from which this video originated has posted several military-themed videos generated by Sora.
The nine-second video (archived here) was published on TikTok by @notinregz on Oct. 8, 2025. The video is captioned:
Protester got to answer he was looking for
This is a still from the video:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot from tiktok.com/@notinregz/video/7558836848513125646.)
The Sora watermark is displayed prominently on the clip, changing locations several times. The description of Sora at apps.apple.com says:
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.
The TikTok creator @notinregz posts military-themed videos, some are real and others are made with Sora. One AI-generated video (archived here) shows some chubby Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago. Another satire video (archived here) made with the app shows Marines being paid with crayons.
