'SNS Buzz': Baseball Goddess Turns Out to Be AI-Generated! Kim Seo-hyun and Jo In-sung Never Played Together in the Same Game

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Recently, a video of a beautiful female spectator captured on Korean Professional Baseball (KBO) broadcast screens sparked global attention, but it was confirmed to be a sophisticated 'fake video' created using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This is because Hanwha Eagles pitcher Kim Seo-hyun (22) and Doosan Bears battery coach Jo In-sung (51) have never faced each other in a pitcher-batter matchup.

Recently, a roughly five-second video titled 'Not an average Korean woman' was posted on Reddit, the largest online community in the United States. The video shows a woman wearing a white off-shoulder top watching a game at a stadium, and immediately after posting, it garnered explosive interest, recording over 8 million views across domestic and international communities.

However, the video was exposed as an 'AI-generated composite' through sharp analysis by baseball fans. The decisive evidence was that the broadcast subtitles and game situation displayed in the video did not match actual records at all.

The subtitle in the upper left corner of the video identifies the pitcher as Hanwha Eagles' 'Kim Seo-hyun' and the batter as 'Jo In-sung'. However, Jo In-sung retired from active play after the 2017 season, while Kim Seo-hyun is a pitcher who joined Hanwha through the 2023 rookie draft. It is temporally and spatially impossible for the two players to face each other as pitcher and batter in the same game. Additionally, although Jo In-sung has no record of playing for Doosan Bears during his active career, the video's subtitles depict him as a Doosan batter.

Flaws were also found in the detailed screen composition. A cheer slogan inside the stadium reads 'Choi-gang-eun Doosan' (The strongest is Doosan), which is interpreted as an awkward literal translation by AI of the common cheer slogan 'Choi-gang Doosan' (Strongest Doosan). Furthermore, netizens pointed out data inconsistencies, stating, 'There has been no record of an 8th-inning 4-3 score in games between Doosan and Hanwha over the past two years.'

Although the video was revealed to be manipulated due to data errors, its sophistication—such as the woman's hair texture, skin expression, and surrounding lighting, which closely resemble actual broadcast footage—has caused significant shock to the public.

Netizens who viewed the video expressed caution toward advanced AI technology, saying, 'If I weren't a baseball fan, I would have been completely fooled,' and 'We have now entered an era where even sports game videos must undergo fact-checking.'

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