About AI Video Detector
A free check for short video clips, with plain guides to spotting AI video yourself.
What this site is for
You saw a clip on your phone and something looked off. Maybe a hand bent the wrong way, maybe the news anchor blinked oddly, maybe it simply looked too perfect. AI Video Detector exists for that moment. It gives you a free check of the clip and plain guides on what to look for yourself, so the next time you can judge faster.
The site is built for people who are not technical and do not want to hand over an email address to get an answer. There is no account, no newsletter gate and no sales call. You drop in a clip, read the verdict and look at its frames yourself.
What the check does
The free checker on the home page reads the clip's file in your browser, so the video is not uploaded. It looks for Content Credentials under the C2PA standard, AI labels that use the IPTC digital source type codes, and the names of AI video tools in the file's metadata. It also shows still frames from across the clip so you can look for the tells yourself. It does not score those frames; for a frame-by-frame AI score it points you to a free DeepfakeDetector.ai account.
Every result is one of four verdicts: AI generated, Likely AI, Likely real, or No AI signs found. The check is free with no signup.
What it does not do matters as much. "No AI signs found" is not proof that a clip is real. Many AI clips carry no label, especially after re-uploads, and no automated check settles the question alone. Treat the result as one signal, then look at who posted the clip first and what the platform's own labels say.
How guides are written and updated
Every guide is written for a reader who has just seen a suspicious clip and wants a straight answer. Each one opens with a short answer, then shows its working.
A few rules hold across the site:
- Facts about platforms, watermarks and labels link to the page that states them, usually the company's own help page or documentation.
- Comparisons list only features each tool documents on its own site, with the date they were checked.
- No guide promises certainty or quotes accuracy percentages, for this checker or anyone else's.
- Each guide shows the date it was last updated. When a platform changes a label or a tool changes its free tier, the page is revised and the date moves. It does not move without a real change.
A good place to start is how to tell if a video is AI, which walks through nine checks you can run by eye. The full list of guides groups the rest by topic, newest first.
Editor
The guides are written and kept current by Tessa Ostrowski, the site's editor for video checks and guides. She writes the step-by-step guides and keeps the comparison of free detectors dated and sourced.
Editor, video checks and guides
Contact
Spotted a mistake, a broken link or a tool whose free tier has changed? Write to contact@aivideodetector.io or use the contact page. Corrections are read by a person, and fixed pages show their new updated date.
The AI Video Detector home page holds the free check. How uploaded clips are handled is set out in the privacy policy, and the rules for using the service are in the terms of use.