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Right now, you might have read the news that a Chinese paraglider pilot, Peng Yujiang, got sucked into a cloud and ended up at 8,598 meters / 28,000 feet.

It's literally on every news website: CNN, BBC, The Guardian. Now, what makes this story really interesting is the accompanying video. There is one version from The Guardian, which had 300k views in 17 hours.

I've been paragliding for 18 years and follow the progress of AI very closely, but even I couldn't say with 100% certainty if this video is real or fake. One scene is definitely fake: the one where the camera makes a move that would only be possible from a drone.

I think the other two scenes might be real, though, recorded with a 360 camera on a selfie stick - a common setup for paragliding videos. There are definitely some questions though... For the full investigation, read the full article here.