An unprecedented wave of AI-generated misinformation about the US-Israel-Iran war is hitting social media platforms.
AI videos are monetized by online creators who amass millions of views with fabricated videos and images.
Since the day of the US and Israeli attack on Iran, social media has been flooded with fake content.
Even one AI-generated video of a missile attacking Tel Aviv was reposted by 300 people and shared tens of thousands of times.
Another video that quickly gained attention was footage of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa skyscraper on fire.
To curb the wave of AI-generated content, X (formerly Twitter) suspended creators from its monetization program who posted AI-generated conflict videos without mentioning the label.
X is trying to stop people from re-sharing fake videos, but its AI chatbot is unable to verify the content.
Some X users turned to the platform’s AI chatbot Grok to find out whether the content was original or generated by AI. But in many cases, the AI assistant labeled the AI content as real.
Experts have expressed concern that the rise in AI-generated content will lead to a lack of trust in verified information.
Mahasa Alimardani, from the Oxford Internet Institute, said: “Fake videos like this have a negative impact on people’s trust in the verified information they see online and make it very difficult to document genuine evidence.”
