https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/ai-deepfake-hany-farid.html
That is a really good, and unsettling read.
Quotehe had seen deepfakes created and shared by foreign governments and by staffers at the White House
I've noticed something new in this war. In the past, I always assumed the US was lying about some stuff, but was more reliable than Saddam Hussein or Manuel Noriega. So my default was to guess it was a little more likely the US was telling the truth, despite the record of lying at least from Vietnam to the present. Over multiple administrations, ones I supported and ones I opposed, that basic pattern held.
This time, I find myself by default assuming that the US is the less reliable witness and is more likely to be lying. When two accounts disagree, I'm generally more likely to believe the Iranians. That is a colossal own goal for the US.
Given that all of our major media is apparently pro-oligarchy and the WH decidedly so, I mostly use The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Register for articles. My heavily culled Bsky usually turns up more real stats & graphs on the trending lies-du-jour, though.