{"id":"1793764987372-tech-segment","slug":"ai-videos-fool-even-their-own-subject","title":"AI Videos Fool Even Their Own Subject","summary":"Invento Robotics, a Bengaluru startup, did build a robot called Mitra that has been used in some Indian hospitals for patient interaction and COVID-era isolation support. The claim that it is “transforming patient isolation care worldwide” overstates the evidence. Promotional/spam post; no factual claim to check.\n\nitch.io said it is adding generative AI disclosure filtering to more parts of the site, including search results, to give users more control. This is George Conway quoting Jon Stewart's comedic jab about the sitting president. It is an opinion/joke, not a checkable factual claim. Personal statement about building a PlayStation 1 SDK without AI; no factual claim to check. This is a quote from a WIRED interview. Zohran Mamdani says family members sent him AI-generated videos of himself and that he believes AI is contributing to a “crisis of faith” in reality. That is his personal experience/opinion.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T04:03:07.372Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"MISLEADING","notes":"MISLEADING: Invento Robotics, a Bengaluru startup, did build a robot called Mitra that has been used in some Indian hospitals for patient interaction and COVID-era isolation support. The claim that it is “transforming patient isolation care worldwide” overstates the evidence. Promotional/spam post; no factual claim to check.\nSource: Invento Robotics / Indian press reports NAMES: Invento Robotics = Bengaluru robotics startup; Mitra = its service/humanoid robot. POST 2117828839191769183: NOCL (https://x.com/TheAkshaySpeaks/status/2117828999401587058)\n\nTRUE: itch.io said it is adding generative AI disclosure filtering to more parts of the site, including search results, to give users more control. This is George Conway quoting Jon Stewart's comedic jab about the sitting president. It is an opinion/joke, not a checkable factual claim. Personal statement about building a PlayStation 1 SDK without AI; no factual claim to check. This is a quote from a WIRED interview. Zohran Mamdani says family members sent him AI-generated videos of himself and that he believes AI is contributing to a “crisis of faith” in reality. That is his personal experience/opinion.\nSource: itch.io official account NAMES: itch.io = indie game marketplace. POST bsky:at://did:plc:4lx6nur5wstwoc4wtgj56kyu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzg3mbnyys2g: NOCLAIM Geor (https://bsky.app/profile/itch.io/post/3mzezjvqexs2h)","claims":[{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"Invento Robotics, a Bengaluru startup, did build a robot called Mitra that has been used in some Indian hospitals for patient interaction and COVID-era isolation support. The claim that it is “transforming patient isolation care worldwide” overstates the evidence. Promotional/spam post; no factual claim to check.","sourceName":"Invento Robotics / Indian press reports NAMES: Invento Robotics = Bengaluru robotics startup; Mitra = its service/humanoid robot. POST 2117828839191769183: NOCL","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/TheAkshaySpeaks/status/2117828999401587058","claim":"Engineered by Bengaluru startup Invento Robotics, the \"Mitra\" humanoid robot prototype is transforming patient isolation care worldwide. It uses autonomous navigation, facial recognition, and tactile AI to assist doctors safely. 💡 #Robotics #TechForGood #AI","author":"Akshay Prajapati (@TheAkshaySpeaks)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"itch.io said it is adding generative AI disclosure filtering to more parts of the site, including search results, to give users more control. This is George Conway quoting Jon Stewart's comedic jab about the sitting president. It is an opinion/joke, not a checkable factual claim. Personal statement about building a PlayStation 1 SDK without AI; no factual claim to check. This is a quote from a WIRED interview. Zohran Mamdani says family members sent him AI-generated videos of himself and that he believes AI is contributing to a “crisis of faith” in reality. That is his personal experience/opinion.","sourceName":"itch.io official account NAMES: itch.io = indie game marketplace. POST bsky:at://did:plc:4lx6nur5wstwoc4wtgj56kyu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzg3mbnyys2g: NOCLAIM Geor","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/itch.io/post/3mzezjvqexs2h","claim":"In order to better control what you see, we're adding Generative AI disclosure filtering to few more places on the site where it was critically lacking, including our search results page","author":"itch.io (@itch.io)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/TheAkshaySpeaks/status/2117828999401587058","name":"Invento Robotics / Indian press reports NAMES: Invento Robotics = Bengaluru robotics startup; Mitra = its service/humanoid robot. POST 2117828839191769183: NOCL","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"Akshay Prajapati (@TheAkshaySpeaks)"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/itch.io/post/3mzezjvqexs2h","name":"itch.io official account NAMES: itch.io = indie game marketplace. POST bsky:at://did:plc:4lx6nur5wstwoc4wtgj56kyu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzg3mbnyys2g: NOCLAIM Geor","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"TRUE","author":"itch.io (@itch.io)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793764987372-tech-segment-ai-videos-fool-even-their-own-subject","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793764987372-tech-segment-ai-videos-fool-even-their-own-subject","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793764987372-tech-segment-ai-videos-fool-even-their-own-subject and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"Zohran Mamdani says relatives send him AI videos of himself—and think they're real."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"His exact words to WIRED: \"I have family members sending AI videos of me, to me, thinking that it's real.\""},{"host":"Chris","text":"Wait, videos of him? Sent to him?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Yeah, the fake is so good his own relatives don't notice."},{"host":"Chris","text":"This isn't new. People fell for Photoshop twenty years ago."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Scale is different. His own relatives are doing it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So his family is gullible. That's not an AI crisis."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"He calls it a \"crisis of faith\" in reality. That's bigger than one family."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Oh, come on. Every new media causes a panic. Radio, TV, now AI."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But this is personalized. The videos look and sound like you."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So does a good impressionist. Should we regulate comedians?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"No, but a state lawmaker can't convince his own relatives a video isn't him."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine, it's a real problem. But the fix is media literacy, not monster panic."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Media literacy takes a generation. Deepfakes are here now."},{"host":"Chris","text":"They're not going to collapse society. We survived Photoshop."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Photoshop didn't sit in everyone's pocket at zero cost."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Okay, fair. But people need to learn to doubt what they see. That's urgent."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You can be insufferably reasonable."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's a gift."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But here's the part people miss: it's not just politicians. Ordinary people are being scammed by fake relatives."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's real. But it's a scam problem, not an AI problem."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"AI is the tool that makes the scam industrial."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Okay, better verification and platform labels would help. Not panic."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"No one's panicking. A lawmaker is saying public trust is eroding."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Trust in institutions was already eroding."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly! AI just accelerates it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's ... probably true."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"See, we can agree."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Barely."},{"host":"Chris","text":"On the robotics side, Akshay Prajapati posted on X that a Bengaluru startup's robot is transforming patient isolation care worldwide."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Worldwide is doing a lot of heavy lifting there."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's the Mitra robot from Invento Robotics. It navigates wards, recognizes faces, helps doctors with isolated patients."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It was used in some Indian hospitals during COVID. Worldwide is overblown."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine, not worldwide. But a hospital robot that helps isolated patients is still impressive."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It is. The tech doesn't need the hype to matter."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Somewhere a marketing team just shed a tear."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Different world entirely: a developer on Bluesky named Elias Daler is building his own PlayStation 1 SDK, and he says it will be one hundred percent AI free."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"From scratch? That's like hand-carving your own wheels."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And he's starting over with PS1 dev, apparently for the joy of it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I respect it. No autocomplete, no generated code. Just you and the silicon."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It'll probably run better than half the apps on my phone."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If he ships a game, I'll play it on principle."}]}