An unprecedented wave of AI-generated misinformation about the US-Israel war with Iran is surging across social media platforms.
The AI videos are also monetized by online creators who gather millions of views due to the videos and images produced.
Since the day of the US-Israel attack on Iran, social media has been flooded with fake content.
Even an AI-generated video that showed missiles hitting Tel Aviv has been reposted by 300 people and shared tens of thousands of times.
Another video that quickly gained attention was of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa skyscraper in flames.
To stem the tide of AI-generated content, X (formerly known as Twitter) suspended creators from its monetization program who post AI-generated conflict videos without mentioning labels.
Although X tries to stop the re-sharing of fake videos, its AI chatbot fails to verify content.
Some X users turned to the platform’s AI chatbot Grok to find out if the content is original or AI-generated. However, in many cases, the AI assistant labeled the AI content as genuine.
Experts have expressed concern over the rise of AI-generated content as it leads to a lack of trust in verified information.
Mahsa Alimardani of the Oxford Internet Institute said: “Fake videos like these have a damaging impact on people’s trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence.”
