Washington ¨C 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 a surge of lifelike deepfakes despite a policy crackdown to curb wartime disinformation.
The Middle East 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.
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