An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in Iran that was published on a parody account on X. Users repeatedly asked the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, if the image was real. @hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR
@hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR
In the first days after Israel’s surprise airstrikes on Iran, a video began circulating on X. A newscast, narrated in Azeri, shows drone footage of a bombed-out airport. The video has received almost 7 million views on X.
Hundreds of users tagged X’s integrated AI bot Grok to ask: Is this real?
It’s not — the video was created with generative