Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran
Date: 2026-02-28
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Information Manipulation Actors, Unknown Social Media Accounts
Attack vector: rce
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1406: Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Information Manipulation Actors, Unknown Social Media Accounts. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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