AI-generated videos and images about the Israel–Iran conflict have flooded social media. US President Donald Trump accused Iran of using AI for wartime disinformation. Experts warn the spread of deepfakes is complicating efforts to verify real battlefield events.
The US-Israel war with Iran isn't just being fought with bombs - it's being fought with pixels. A flood of AI-generated videos and images depicting false scenes of the war have overrun social media, with latest report from NYT identifying over 110 unique AI-generated posts in just two weeks, viewed millions of times online. Now, the crisis has reached the White House. President Donald Trump accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a 'disinformation weapon' to misrepresent its wartime successes - claiming fake videos depicted the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier burning at sea. With AI, the battlefield is everywhere. Including your phone.
AI war videos creating chaos
The AI content, enabled by sophisticated new tools, often shows exaggerated scenes of destruction and military might - pushing narratives that sharply contrast with more subdued footage from real on-the-ground sources. An example of AI fake war footage is below:
The BBC verified that AI was used to fabricate a deepfake image purporting to show a massive explosion at a US military base in Iraq. A deepfake image showing emergency workers finding the body of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei also circulated online, and even propoganda of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being dead went viral.
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