Deepfake case study · Image
Israeli government/military deepfake (Jun 2025)
An AI-generated image falsely claimed to show a downed Israeli F-35 jet in Iran. The image, circulated online after Iranian state media claims, contained AI-generated distortions, mismatched symbols, and scale…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Israeli government/military
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
An AI-generated image falsely claimed to show a downed Israeli F-35 jet in Iran. The image, circulated online after Iranian state media claims, contained AI-generated distortions, mismatched symbols, and scale inconsistencies. The aircraft's markings did not match those used on actual Israeli F-35s, and people near the aircraft appeared the same size as buses.