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AI galaxy Case 6 of 8

One-minute videos, built by script

Proof

Episode on blackmail over a hacked Instagram account, 56 s

Vertical format: the voice, the images, the subtitles and the editing all come out of the script.

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Vertical 56-second video: a voice-over and subtitles explain blackmail over a hacked Instagram account.

The problem

Deflating an alarmist headline about AI or security in one minute, without cheating on the facts.

What I did

01

Check the sources

I check the facts against the original sources.

02

A voice cloned locally

A cloned voice, produced locally.

03

Images and subtitles

The images are generated, and the subtitles are drawn by a headless browser.

04

Editing and music

The editing, the film grain and the background music are all produced by script.

Diagram: a clickbait headline deflates and leaves a 56-second videoA balloon marked “clickbait” deflates as the pipeline moves on: three facts checked against the sources, a voice, a film strip of three frames with subtitles, then three tracks (video, voice, music) merged into a 56-second video. Nine dots mark the nine steps.clickbaitvideovoicemusic56 s

The result

A complete pipeline in nine steps, from fact-check to final file.

9 steps

from fact-check to final file

Stack

  • Python
  • ffmpeg
  • Chrome headless
  • Voicebox
  • Gemini