Reference News Network June 24 report, according to AFP June 21 report, "deepfakes" generated by artificial intelligence, false information forwarded by chatbots, video game clips presented as real war scenes: the conflict between Israel and Iran has also not escaped the flood of false information fueled by technological tools inside and outside social networks.
Experts point out that the surge in fake news highlights the urgent need for more effective detection tools at a time when platforms are cutting back on content moderation and eliminating fact-checkers.
After Iran launched missiles in response to Israel's bombing, videos generated by artificial intelligence and widely spread on social networks claimed that Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv was damaged.
According to AFP verification, the footage was fabricated and came from a TikTok account that produces artificial intelligence-generated content.
Ken Jon Miyagi, founder of American company "Bit Brain," told journalists, "the wave of artificial intelligence-generated false information is particularly related to the Israel-Iran conflict," with its scale and complexity being "unprecedented."
"Stay清醒" Security Company is an American company specializing in detecting AI-fabricated content. It specifically mentioned ultra-realistic images generated by Google's Veo 3 tool.
For example, the company linked a realistic video showing an apocalyptic scene of Iran bombing Israel to the AI generator Veo 3. The Veo 3 logo can also be seen at the bottom of one of the videos published by Tehran Times. According to reports, the video showed "the moment an Iranian missile hit Tel Aviv."
The company's co-founder, Hani Farid, said, "With improvements in the realism of generative AI tools, it is no surprise they are misused to spread false information."
The American website "NewsGuard" focuses on analyzing the reliability of online content. The company found 51 websites that published large amounts of false information, ranging from AI-generated photos claiming massive damage to Tel Aviv, to false reports about Israeli pilots being captured by Iran.
According to "NewsGuard," the organizations spreading these false contents include "Telegram" channels linked to the Iranian military and news sources affiliated with Iranian state media.
Mackenzie Sadeghi, a researcher at "NewsGuard," explained, "We have seen a surge in false information, with ordinary Iranians seeming to be the main target."
In this flood of false information, there are also clips taken from video games, falsely described as real battlefield scenes, similar to what happened in Ukraine and Syria before. AFP's fact-checking team found a video on the social platform X, claiming that an Israeli plane was shot down by Iran, but in reality, it was taken from a military simulation game.
Ken Jon Miyagi warned, "We urgently need better detection tools, media literacy, and platform accountability to maintain the integrity of public discourse." (Translated by Lin Xiaoxuan)
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