Lack of verified information and rapidly advanced AI tools make it difficult to separate fact from fiction on US attack
Minutes after Donald Trump announced a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela early on Saturday morning, false and misleading AI-generated images began flooding social media. There were fake photos of Nicolás Maduro being escorted off a plane by US law enforcement agents, images of jubilant Venezuelans pouring into the streets of Caracas and videos of missiles raining down on the city – all fake.
The fabricated content intermixed with real videos and photos of US aircraft flying over the Venezuelan capital and explosions lighting up the dark sky. A lack of verified information about the raid coupled with AI tools’ rapidly advancing capabilities made discerning fact from fiction about the incursion on Caracas difficult.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/05/maduro-venezuela-ai-images
Author : Dara Kerr
Publish date : 2026-01-06 00:32:00
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