Deepfake case study · Video
Ali Larijani deepfake (Apr 2026)
An AI-generated video was falsely shared online, claiming to show the airstrike that killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani. The video, created using OpenAI's Sora 2, depicted a series of airstrikes hitting a…
- Incident date
- Apr 2026
- Target
- Ali Larijani
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
An AI-generated video was falsely shared online, claiming to show the airstrike that killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani. The video, created using OpenAI's Sora 2, depicted a series of airstrikes hitting a building. It was shared with captions suggesting it showed the attack that killed Larijani, but it was later identified as AI-generated due to visual inconsistencies.