2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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SOURCE-LINKED INTELLIGENCE
Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran
Reports said that, in the early days of the war in Iran, purported AI-generated fakes showing nonexistent wartime scenes reached millions of viewers online. Their spread across social media and messaging apps allegedly distorted public perception of the conflict and contributed to information disorder.
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2026-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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