My first reaction to seeing some of those clips of Iran's missiles falling on Israel was disbelief. It wasn't the fact that the Iron Dome could be breached that surprised me -- drop enough projectiles on it, and some will reach their targets. I thought I was looking at AI-generated content shared on social media to mislead and manipulate users.Only after checking online for more information, and seeing multiple videos, I started trusting the social media posts coming in, claiming that Iran was bombing Israel.That said, if you saw a downed F-35 in the desert, you probably realized quite quickly that it was an AI-generated image. But even I stopped to consider whether the image might be real. What if Iran could strike down the most sophisticated US fighter jet?I say this as someone who has been following AI development closely for well over two years now. Im well aware of what generative AI software like ChatGPT and Gemini can do, and the ease with which amateur internet users can create fake images and life-like AI videos to fool the masses.Imagine non-AI users who see some of these images and clips for the first time. They might have a different view of the Israel-Iran conflict. Well, it turns out that some of these AI-generated creations are going viral online, amassing tens of millions of views.Continue reading...The post Israel-Iran conflict sees massive surge in fake, AI-generated content appeared first on BGR.