Does a viral clip document a real bridge collapse in Norway? No, that's not true: No such event, which would have attracted media attention worldwide, was covered by legitimate news organizations. Multiple visual artifacts show it's an AI creation, including unrealistic movements by the bridge and abnormally behaving trucks.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on December 22, 2025. It opened:
In Norway: A bridge collapsed just 24 hours after its opening when a cruise ship collided with it. Hundreds of cars fell, and the disaster occurred. The number of victims is still unknown.
The post shared a video of the supposed collision. This is what it looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/GPX_Press)
The video demonstrated inconsistencies associated with generative AI. One telling sign was the bridge's behavior at impact. Instead of breaking, its parts became wavy. They moved like rubber, not concrete or other durable and rigid material used to build bridges:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/GPX_Press)
At the moment of impact, we see cargo trailers are already crashed into the road divider with no tractor connected. No warning signs appear in this area, despite what looks like heavy traffic, and the trailers don't appear to interfere with it at all:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/GPX_Press)
Finally, we observe a self-driving truck moving along the leftmost lane with no tractor towing it:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/GPX_Press)
Had the story been true, such a mass-casualty event would have been heavily covered by news media. However, searches on Google News and Yahoo News (archived here) yielded no such reports.
