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Those Soldiers Flooding Your Feeds? They Might Not Be Real.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026


Videos generated by artificial intelligence depicting soldiers have appeared on social media platforms. The videos have been used to redirect public engagement toward unspecified purposes, according to reporting on the trend. Researchers and platform monitors have documented the presence of AI-generated military imagery circulating across major social networks. No specific cases of identified creators or their stated objectives have been named in available reports.

Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/business/soldiers-ai-disinformation.html

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