Recently, the video generated by artificial intelligence has surfaced online to show dramatic scenes from the Iranian-Israel conflict, including AI-generated women reported from a burning prison in Tehran, and fake footage of skyscrapers reduced to Tel Aviv's rooftop rub. Other manufactured visuals depict fallen Israeli military aircraft.
Some of these clips have earned millions of views on platforms including X and Tiktok, but they are the latest Growth Pattern A video of AI-generated spreads during major events.
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Researchers at Clemson University's Media Forensic Hub told CBS News that some of the content is being amplified with X by a collaborative network of accounts that promote Iran's opposition messaging, with the aim of undermining confidence in the Iranian government.
Manufactured video
Monday, Israel I've run strikes on several sites in Iran, including the infamous Evin Prison. Within minutes of the attack, the video began to circulate on X and other social media platforms showing explosions at the entrance. The video is grainy, black and white, and looks like security camera footage.
However, some visual anomalies indicate that footage may have been created using artificial intelligence, and experts include inconsistencies with false signs and explosions above the door.
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and co-founder of AI detection startup GetReal Labs, believes CBS News could have generated the video with an AI image-to-video video tool.
Farid said recent advances in technology have helped lead to more realistic videos with easier ways to create and share.
“It was a year ago [that] Farid can make a single image that is rather realistic.
According to researchers at Media Forensic Hub, the video was posted within minutes of the facility on June 23 by an account that Israel “has the mark of fraudulent.”
Officials from Iran and Israel have not commented on the credibility of the video.
Darren Linvill, co-director of Media Forensics Hub, told CBS News in another video depicting AI-generated reporters outside of prison.
“We're not doing anything that previous technology couldn't do. It's just doing it all cheap, faster, and on a bigger scale,” Linville said. It's not clear who's behind the video, Linville said.
Social Media Platform Response
When asked about Iranian and Israeli videos generated by AI on the platform, a Tiktok spokesperson told CBS News that the platform did not allow fake misinformation or authoritative sources generated by AI or content generated by AI in crisis events, and deleted some of these videos.
An X spokesman introduced CBS News to the Community Notes feature, saying that some of the video posts generated by AI have added community notes to combat false information.
As for how to avoid falling prey to videos created with AI, Farid said, “Stop getting your news from social media, especially by breaking events like this.”
