An unprecedented wave of AI-generated disinformation about the US-Israel war with Iran is emerging on social media platforms.
AI videos are also being monetized by online creators who rack up millions of views thanks to invented videos and images.
Since the day of the attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, social media has been flooded with false content.
Even an AI-generated video showing missiles attacking Tel Aviv has been reposted by 300 people and shared tens of thousands of times.
Another video that quickly attracted attention was that of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai on fire.
To stem the tide of AI-generated content, X (formerly known as Twitter) suspended creators who post AI-generated conflict videos without mentioning hashtags from its monetization program.
Although X is trying to prevent fake videos from being shared, its AI chatbot fails to verify the content.
Some X users turned to the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, to find out if the content is original or AI-generated. But in many cases, the AI assistant labeled the AI content as real.
Experts have expressed concern about the rise of AI-generated content as it creates a lack of trust in verified information.
Mahsa Alimardani of the Oxford Internet Institute said: “Fake videos like these have a detrimental impact on people’s trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence.”
