Description: Images purportedly generated by Gemini were reportedly circulated on X and Facebook in multiple languages claiming U.S. soldiers had been captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps during the war in Iran. AFP said the images contained Gemini markers and other visual inconsistencies. Their circulation allegedly contributed to wartime misinformation and risked distorting public understanding of the conflict, including reported amplification by Jill Stein.
Editor Notes: See also Incident 1406: Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google developed an AI system deployed by Unknown pro-Iranian disinformation actors , Unknown disinformation actors and Tayyaba Usmani, which harmed social media users , People seeking information about the war in Iran , National security and intelligence stakeholders , General public and Epistemic integrity.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1414
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2026-03-05
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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