A short-lived generative AI feature in Google Earth that allowed users to create fake satellite imagery shows the lasting effects of unvetted AI tools during a conflict.

With a contraband phone from inside a US prison, one of our experts talks to us about the importance of staying connected. Plus, more interviews and analysis as part of our spotlight series, where we ...

Meta and other big tech companies are increasingly using AI for content moderation, but as the backlash to Muse Image shows, it cannot protect users because it does not account for consent.

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In the fog of modern war, generative AI offers every side a simple transaction: Trade documented reality for permanent doubt.

In the fog of modern war, generative AI offers every side a simple transaction: Trade documented reality for permanent doubt.

It's just one more parable in a long line of product releases by AI firms with potentially dangerous consequences, write shirin anlen and Sam Gregory.

"My father left Iran carrying the hope of one day being buried there. He never made it back, but grief spoken into the open is the closest thing to a homeland that exile will ever leave you," writes M...

A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.

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A raid on the offices of X in Paris followed a year-long investigation that began in January 2025.

Political prisoners are packaged into AI-enhanced collages and unverified execution claims. The Iranian state is the only beneficiary, writes Mahsa Alimardani.

On the morning of April 21, Trump posted an image of eight women on Truth Social, claimed they were Iranian dissidents set to be executed, and demanded that Tehran release them.

Indicator found an ecosystem rife with spurious claims, fake products, and AI-generated matches

The Iran conflict demonstrates the concrete value of content moderation. Such moderation should flag source reliability in crisis conditions.

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The US and Iran are using technology to obstruct coverage of the current conflict. Four experts discuss how AI is reshaping war reporting and the news ecosystem.

💡The cancellation of RightsCon – which was to bring 5,000 people together – mere days before it was set to begin, is itself a serious concern for the digital rights community. As we could not determin...

Organizers canceled the event just days before thousands were set to descend on Lusaka to discuss issues at the intersection of technology and human rights.

Liars are lying again

War does not only reshape borders. It also reshapes what can be seen, said, and remembered. When governments invoke “misinformation” during wartime, they often mean something simpler: speech they do n...

Tehran’s meme warfare became an uncanny mirror of American governance

Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel, and foster opposition to it.

The US’ rhetoric threatening essential systems in Iran raises acute legal concerns. Under international law, both what is said and what is done carry legal consequences. From the US to inside Iran to ...

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When trust in evidence collapses, the greatest casualty is accountability for real-world harm, write shirin anlen and Mahsa Alimardani from WITNESS.