Iran's AI fakes flood the war feed just as the satellite photos go dark
Ourtake
The fake explosions look more like Hollywood than the real thing, which is the one thing about this war nobody should trust.
What happened
The New York Times identified more than 110 unique AI-generated fake images and videos about the U.S., Israel and Iran war on X, TikTok and Facebook in its first two weeks, reaching millions. Cyabra found most serve pro-Iranian propaganda, and German outlets including Der Spiegel removed AI-likely images. The Tehran Times published an AI-manipulated Google Earth image claiming to show a destroyed U.S. radar installation in Qatar.