Trump Accuses Iran of Spreading AI Disinformation

The U.S. president said Tehran was spreading fake footage of attacks and rallies to artificially inflate the regime’s standing amid the war.
Trump Accuses Iran of Spreading AI Disinformation
President Donald Trump in Miami, Fla., on March 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. President Donald Trump on March 15 accused Tehran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” in the ongoing war between Iran and the United States and Israel.

“They said they attacked the USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the largest ships in the world, an aircraft carrier, and they show pictures of it burning. It was never attacked. It was never burning,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

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