DeepfakeHigh
Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran
- Occurred
- Feb 28, 2026
- Published
- Mar 10, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Generative AI developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
Deployers
- Social media accounts
- Information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- Social media users
- People seeking information about the war in Iran
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated fake war footage caused widespread misinformation and information disorder during an active conflict.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8