As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn’t find many

It’s always been hard to get accurate information about wars. But artificial intelligence tools are making it more challenging as social networks are flooded with fake videos and images.

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It can be hard enough to figure out what’s happening during an armed conflict. As NPR’s Huo Jingnan and Lisa Hagen report, AI is adding more challenges. It’s generating ever more realistic video, and AI chatbots are helping create and spread false information.

HUO JINGNAN, BYLINE: In the first days after the Israeli military surprise airstrikes on Iran, this video started circulating on X.

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