AI-generated video of iPhone boxes in Strait of Hormuz is fake

A video circulating on Facebook and X, claiming to show people recovering iPhone boxes from the shores of the Strait of Hormuz after a missile strike on a cargo ship, has been identified as AI-generated.

The footage accompanies claims that a ship carrying iPhones was hit by a missile. While the Singaporean maritime authority reported that the container ship GFS Pride sank after being struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iranian Revolutionary Guards claimed a vessel sank due to naval mines, there is no independent evidence that the sunken ship was carrying iPhones.

Analysis of the video reveals typical AI inconsistencies, such as a person's footwear changing instantly and the impossible rapid accumulation of smartphone boxes in a single person's hands.