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Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead

By DAVID KLEPPER - Nov 28, 2023, 12:00 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 21, 2023, 12:05 PM EST
Israel Palestinians
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The war in Gaza is highlighting the latest advances in artificial intelligence as a way to spread fake images and disinformation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants.

Viewed millions of times online since the war began, these images are deepfakes created using artificial intelligence. If you look closely you can see clues: fingers that curl oddly, or eyes that shimmer with an unnatural light — all telltale signs of digital deception.

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The outrage the images were created to provoke, however, is all too real.

Pictures from the Israel-Hamas war have vividly and painfully illustrated AI's potential as a propaganda tool, used to create lifelike images of carnage. Since the war began last month, digitally altered ones spread on social media have been used to make false claims about responsibility for casualties or to deceive people about atrocities that never happened.

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