U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (March 15, 2026) accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.
“AI can be very dangerous, we have to be very careful with it,” Mr. Trump said to reporters on Air Force One shortly after he made a post on his Truth Social platform where he accused Western media outlets, without evidence, of ‘close coordination’ with Iran to spread AI-generated ‘fake news’. The comments come amid renewed tensions between the Federal Communications Commission and broadcasters after Mr. Trump took aim at media coverage of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Saturday (March 14) threatened to pull licenses of broadcasters who did not “correct course” on their coverage.
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Mr. Trump has frequently accused news media outlets of lying when they run stories that he sees as critical of him, and he has previously called for removing the licenses of broadcast outlets he views as unfair.
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