Evolution

January 28, 2026, 2:32 PM EST. Somerville residents posted a video of three people shoveling snow on unicycles, prompting questions about authenticity. The clip, set to upbeat music, fed AI chatter that it might be AI-generated rather than real life. Journalists noted this era of deepfakes and checked tools like AI or Not, which assessed the clip at 51% likelihood of being artificial. The poster, Alex Feldman, defended the clip in messages: "No AI-we really did this." To resolve doubt, a reporter planned an in-person check, observing that current AI can imitate motion but cannot yet perfectly reproduce a live scene. The episode underlines how real-time video and AI advances complicate trust in online footage.