stranger than heaven: Fact-Checkers Debunk Viral Claim That AI Robot Predicted Its Own Death
A video circulating on social media claims that an advanced AI robot named "Nova" declared its impending shutdown was "stranger than heaven" because it felt emotions for the first time. Fact-checkers have verified that the footage is a deepfake created from a 2023 tech demo, and the audio is spliced from a fictional podcast. No such robot exists, and the original quote was "stranger than fiction." The claim is false.