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UnknownBrand-owned official channel linked from https://www.heygen.com/ to https://www.youtube.com/@heygen_official. Public description: "HeyGen is the world's leading AI avatar company. We create the world's most realistic avatars — digital versions of real people that look, sound, and move ju...". Ownership is distinct from an external creator contract.0:44 · spoken hook

“I posted a completely fake AI video of myself online and the scary part is, no one noticed.”

The opening line · 0:00 · move: result

Claims an undisclosed AI clone passed as a real Instagram post, shows audience comments and asks viewers to guess real or AI; visible comments support engagement but do not prove that every viewer failed to notice.

2.2Mviews1.9Klikes↑1.5K×vs their usual post · 1.5K views—creators ran this script

@HeyGen · 113K followers · creator page →

The script, step by step4 steps
1Claim an unnoticed substitutioncreator-claim0:00–0:15
Claim an unnoticed substitution at 0:000:00
Claim an unnoticed substitution at 0:060:06
0:00I posted a completely fake AI video of myself online and the scary part is, no one noticed.

A supposed real-world test makes the realism claim personal.

0:06So I uploaded this video to my Instagram like it was real, but I never filmed it.
0:11It was a hundred percent AI.
1 lines · members
2Define the test0:15–0:20
Define the test at 0:180:18
1 lines · members
3Show audience reactions0:20–0:39
Show audience reactions at 0:250:25
5 lines · members
4Invite a verdictcta · link0:39–0:44
Invite a verdict at 0:370:37
Invite a verdict at 0:430:43
1 lines · members
8 more linesmembers read and copy every script on the site
Who made ittheir public relationship signal, and the receipt for it
@HeyGenyoutube · 113K followers · median 1.5K views · n=60best post3.7M2.5K×views · for HeyGenUnknown Brand-owned official channel linked from https://www.heygen.com/ to https://www.youtube.com/@heygen_official. Public description: "HeyGen is the world's leading AI avatar company. We create the world's most realistic avatars — digital versions of real people that look, sound, and move ju...". Ownership is distinct from an external creator contract.Open creator →

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