AI-generated Iran images are widespread. How do we know what to believe?
Fake pictures look authentic – and authentic ones get mistaken for fake. Here are three rules for navigating the war coverage
The videos look authentic – and they are spreading like wildfire on social media. One, for example, shows Iranian missiles exploding upon the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. Another shows US soldiers being held at gunpoint by Iranian military.
They aren’t real but – often made with the help of cutting-edge AI – they are wildly misleading. They may get debunked, but somehow that doesn’t make a dent.
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