From CBS News
AI-generated videos are fueling falsehoods about Iran-Israel conflict, researchers say
By Erielle Delzer
In recent days, videos generated by artificial intelligence have surfaced online purporting to show dramatic scenes from the Iran-Israel conflict, including an AI-generated woman reporting from a burning prison in Tehran and fake footage of high-rise buildings reduced to rubble in Tel Aviv. Other fabricated visuals depict a downed Israeli military aircraft.
These clips, some which have racked up millions of views on platforms including X and TikTok, are the latest in a growing pattern of AI-generated videos that spread during major events...
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-founder of AI detection startup GetReal Labs, told CBS News he believes the video may have been generated by an AI image-to-video tool.
Farid said recent advancements in technology have helped lead to more realistic-looking videos with easier ways to create and share them quickly.
“A year ago it was [that] you could make a single image that was pretty photo realistic,” Farid said. “Now it’s full blown video with explosions, with what looks like handheld mobile device imaging...”
Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley.
