Fake explosions, fake missiles, fake troops: AI videos and images of Iran war spread widely on social media

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, social media was littered with crude fakes that were presented as fresh images of the war but were either photoshopped phonies or mislabeled clips taken from video games, movies, past incidents and unrelated news coverage. Those kinds of old-fashioned fakes are now spreading