Fake AI satellite imagery spurs war disinformationUS-iRAN WAR: The rise of generative AI has turbocharged the ability of state actors and propagandists to fabricate convincing satellite imagery during major conflictsAFP, WASHINGTONThe satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. OSINT came as a solution, using public satellite imagery to circumvent the censorship” inside countries like Iran, Hagin said. Reports of fake satellite imagery created or edited using AI also followed the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the four-day war between India and Pakistan last year. ‘CRITICAL AWARENESS’“Manipulated satellite imagery, like other forms of misinformation, can have real-world impacts when people act on the information they come across without verifying its authenticity,” Africk said. The company’s own satellite imagery helped confirm that the photos were fake, almost certainly generated using AI, Vantor’s Tomi Maxted said.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2026 17:56 UTC