A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.

An X post published on the White House's X account. (Video: The Washington Post) On Thursday, less than a week after an airstrike killed dozens of children in an Iranian elementary school, and one day after the Pentagon named two of the six American soldiers killed by a drone, the White House posted a video on X blending real-world bombing footage with clips from action movies and video games.