Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv. After Iran struck Israel with barrages of missiles last week, AI-generated videos falsely claimed to show damage inflicted on Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport. — AP
WASHINGTON: AI deepfakes, video game footage passed off as real combat, and chatbot-generated falsehoods – such tech-enabled misinformation is distorting the Israel-Iran conflict, fueling a war of narratives across social media.
The information warfare unfolding alongside ground combat – sparked by Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and military leadership – underscores a digital crisis in the age of rapidly advancing AI tools that have blurred the lines between truth and fabrication.
