Fijians served up fake gecko noodle video
“At the 20-second mark, a factory worker loads the geckos into an oven and the door appears to close on its own.”
What happened
A viral video showing geckos being dried, ground up and packed into instant noodles was shared by a Fiji-based Facebook account and drew more than 180,000 views. AAP FactCheck found it carried Google's AI watermark and came from an Instagram account that posts only AI videos.