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No, Professor Brian Cox did not make a statement about comet 3I/ATLAS deliberately shedding organic seeds in the path of Earth. There is no evidence in the provided context to support such a claim. Instead, Cox consistently emphasized that 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet composed of carbon dioxide and water ices, with an orbit consistent with a natural interstellar object. He dismissed speculation about the comet being an alien spacecraft or having any intentional purpose, describing it as a “pristine lump of rock and ices” that formed around a distant star. His public statements focused on clarifying misconceptions and downplaying the alien hypothesis, not on theories involving organic seeding.

“There appears to be a very convincing video of him making such claims that could have been created by Artificial Intelligence. Have you seen it?”

Yes, there are AI-generated deepfake videos of Professor Brian Cox making claims about comet 3I/ATLAS deliberately seeding Earth with organic material or being an alien spacecraft—but these videos are fake. Cox has publicly denounced them, calling the content “AI shite” on social media and clarifying that any video where he appears to support UFO theories or flat Earth ideas is not real.

He praised YouTube for removing some of the more prominent deepfake accounts but expressed concern about the broader implications of AI misinformation in science and politics. The real scientific consensus, which Cox supports, is that 3I/ATLAS is a natural interstellar comet composed of ices and rock, offering valuable insights into other star systems—but it is not artificial and is not deliberately seeding Earth.