As Israel and Iran trade blows in a quickly escalating conflict that risks engulfing the rest of the region as well as a more direct confrontation between Iran and the U.S., social media is being flooded with AI-generated media that claims to show the devastation, but is fake.
The fake videos and images show how generative AI has already become a staple of modern conflict. On one end, AI-generated content of unknown origin is filling the void created by state-sanctioned media blackouts with misinformation, and on the other end, the leaders of these countries are sharing AI-generated slop to spread the oldest forms of xenophobia and propaganda.
If you want to follow a war as it’s happening, it’s easier than ever. Telegram channels post live streams of bombing raids as they happen and much of the footage trickles up to X, TikTok, and other social media platforms. There’s more footage of conflict than there’s ever been, but a lot of it is fake.
A few days ago, Iranian news outlets reported that Iran’s military had shot down three F-35s. Israel denied it happened. As the claim spread so did supposed images of the downed jet. In one, a massive version of the jet smolders on the ground next to a town. The cockpit dwarfs the nearby buildings and tiny people mill around the downed jet like Lilliputians surrounding Gulliver.
It’s a fake, an obvious one, but thousands of people shared it online. Another image of the supposedly downed jet showed it crashed in a field somewhere in the middle of the night. Its wings were gone and its afterburner still glowed hot. This was also a fake.
I’m sorry. That picture is 100% real. Iran would never lie to the world. The plane is actually the size of a small town.
This picture may seem shopped, in part because the cockpit seems oversized.
But you have to remember the cockpit is designed to fit American pilots.We hope this explains everything,
Regards The Iranian General Command
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There’s a reason they’re called the Chair Force
I work with the Space Force, and we were all having a good laugh at the AI generated image of the F35.
Well, the one in the headline is so hilariously far out of scale that it could probably fire actual life-sized F-35’s like missiles from its wing hardpoints.
Not just the F-35 that’s out of scale. The people are taller than the buildings in the corner. It’s like a half assed diorama.
No to mention that it was just nicely placed there. No debris trail or marks in the sand from the crash landing.
Link to the video?
It’s so annoying. Social media apps need to shadow ban ai videos
The problem is detection, as not every AI generated thing is immediately obvious. Besides, shadow banning something that drives engagement so much is bad for business
I wouldn’t be surprise if many of them is created by israel to make harder to see reel footages of israeli cities level of destruction. I don’t see ai videos abiut the iranian side
Did this pic make anyone else think of Robotech? I half expect a Zentradi to climb out of that cockpit.
