An FIR has been registered against an Instagram user for allegedly creating and circulating a fake video, created using AI technology, depicting Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar pushing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, police said on Saturday.

According to the complaint lodged by advocate Deepu C R on Friday, he came across the video posted on an Instagram account named 'Kannada Chitraranga'.

The fake video, mimicking a news channel broadcast that is being circulated as breaking news on social media, had allegedly been edited using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, depicting Shivakumar pushing Siddaramaiah, it stated.

The complainant highlighted that the AI-edited fake video was shared with statements such as ''Shivakumar pushed CM Siddaramaiah and the latter fell,'' ''Happened during

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