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AI fakes about Iran-U.S. war swirl on X despite policy crackdown
AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk’s X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and U.S. embassies ablaze — a surge of lifelike deepfakes despite a policy crackdown to curb wartime disinformation.
The West Asian war has unleashed an avalanche of AI-generated visuals, dwarfing anything seen in previous conflicts and often leaving social media users unable to distinguish fabrication from reality, researchers say.
In a bid to protect “authentic information” during conflicts, X announced last week that it would suspend creators from its revenue sharing program for 90 days if they post AI-generated war videos without disclosing they were artificially made.
Subsequent violations will result in permanent suspension, X’s head of product Nikita Bier warned in a post.
-AFP
