AI disinformation in the Israel-Iran conflict is a crisis with no comparison
The post AI disinformation in the Israel-Iran conflict is a crisis with no comparison appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Since Israel and Iran resorted to full-on assaults last week, a lot of false information has been spread online using AI. Research conducted by BBC Verify found several videos that bragged about Iran’s military power, along with fake videos that claimed to show the effects of attacks on Israeli targets. Most of the posts reportedly attempted to amplify the effects of Tehran’s attacks. The three most-watched fake videos have collectively amassed over 100 million views across multiple platforms. Online, pro-Israel accounts have also spread false information, mostly by sharing old videos of protests and gatherings in Iran. They show more people protesting against the government and supporting Israel’s military campaign. People make money off Middle East tensions One group that analyses open-source images said the amount of false information online was “astonishing”. They said some people were trying to make money off the conflict by spreading false information online to get attention. “We are seeing everything from unrelated footage from Pakistan, to recycled videos from the October 2024 strikes—some of which have amassed over 20 million views—as well as game clips and AI-generated content being passed off as real events,” Geoconfirmed, the online verification group, wrote on X. As a result, some accounts have gained many followers and become “super-spreaders” of false information. Daily Iran Military, a pro-Iranian account that doesn’t seem to have any ties to the government in Tehran, gained 1.4 million followers on X in less than a week, up from just over 700,000 by June 19. Emmanuelle Saliba, Chief Investigative Officer at the research group Get Real, said that it is “the first time we’ve seen generative AI be used at scale during a conflict.” Israel launched strikes in Iran on 13 June, leading to several rounds of Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel. Fake…
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Since Israel and Iran resorted to full-on assaults last week, a lot of false information has been spread online using AI. Research conducted by BBC Verify found several videos that bragged about Iran’s military power, along with fake videos that claimed to show the effects of attacks on Israeli targets. Most of the posts reportedly attempted to amplify the effects of Tehran’s attacks. The three most-watched fake videos have collectively amassed over 100 million views across multiple platforms. Online, pro-Israel accounts have also spread false information, mostly by sharing old videos of protests and gatherings in Iran. They show more people protesting against the government and supporting Israel’s military campaign. People make money off Middle East tensions One group that analyses open-source images said the amount of false information online was “astonishing”. They said some people were trying to make money off the conflict by spreading false information online to get attention. “We are seeing everything from unrelated footage from Pakistan, to recycled videos from the October 2024 strikes—some of which have amassed over 20 million views—as well as game clips and AI-generated content being passed off as real events,” Geoconfirmed, the online verification group, wrote on X. As a result, some accounts have gained many followers and become “super-spreaders” of false information. Daily Iran Military, a pro-Iranian account that doesn’t seem to have any ties to the government in Tehran, gained 1.4 million followers on X in less than a week, up from just over 700,000 by June 19. Emmanuelle Saliba, Chief Investigative Officer at the research group Get Real, said that it is “the first time we’ve seen generative AI be used at scale during a conflict.” Israel launched strikes in Iran on 13 June, leading to several rounds of Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel. Fake…
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