Fact check: AI-generated video falsely shows raccoon breaking into liquor store

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An AI-generated video falsely depicts a raccoon breaking into a liquor store, drinking, and passing out. While the story of a real raccoon causing damage in a Virginia liquor store is true, the widely shared video circulating online was created using artificial intelligence. Real footage shows the raccoon damaged 14 bottles of spirits. The county is selling merchandise of the raccoon to support animal care.


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