WASHINGTON: AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk’s X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and US embassies ablaze — a surge of lifelike deepfakes despite a policy crackdown to curb wartime disinformation. The Middle East war has unleashed an avalanche of AI-generated visuals, dwarfing anything seen in previous conflicts and often leaving social media users unable to distinguish fabrication from reality, researchers say.

Fake pictures look authentic – and authentic ones get mistaken for fake. Here are three rules for navigating the war coverage

WASHINGTON: AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk’s X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and US embassies ablaze — a surge of lifelike…

Trump accuses Iran of weaponising AI for disinformation, citing misleading claims about military successes and public support rallies.

A viral video claiming to show an Iranian strike on a US warship has even fooled Donald Trump. The AI-generated clip, viewed nearly four million times, appears to show the USS…