Fake AF A striking number of viral photos on both sides of the Isreal-Hamas conflict have been revealed to be AI fakes — and according to experts, the problem is only going to get worse. In interviews with the Associated Press, researchers from multiple firms and organizations tasked with verifying the truthfulness of online claims said that there has been a grim influx of faked AI images featuring butchered children that are used to cast blame on each side of the bloody conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Imran Ahmed, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, said that whether people share out-of-context images from the long list of previous conflicts in Israel/Palestine or newer digital dupes — or in some cases a combination of the two — the heartstring-tugging effect is the same. “People are being told right now: Look at this picture of a baby,” Ahmed said. “The disinformation is designed to make you engage with it.” While this is far from the first conflict in which AI-manipulated propaganda has been used — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also brought about a similar spate of digital fakes — the fake photos of dead or injured children are not only a particularly gruesome instance of the technology’s cruel power, but also a harbinger of worse things to come. “It’s going to get worse — a lot worse — before it gets better,” Jean-Claude Goldenstein, the CEO of the digital verification firm CREOpoint that has created a…Viral Images of Dead Infants in Israel-Gaza War Are AI Fakes, Experts Say