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Pro-Iran groups deploy AI to troll Trump, influence the war narrative
"This is a #propagandawar for them," Neil Lavie-Driver, an AI researcher at the #University of #Cambridge, referring to Iran. "Their goal is to sow enough discontent with the conflict as to eventually force the West to cave in, so it is massively important to them" It's not the first time memes have been used in a conflict, they have evolved to include . #AIimagery bombarded Ukrainians after the Russian invasion in 2022.
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Last year, the term "#AIslop" became widely used to describe the glut of imperfect images posted online during the Israel-Iran war to try to destroy the country's nuclear program.
The #memes are steeped in American culture
The memes are fluent not just in English but in American culture and trolling. Published on various #socialplatforms, they are racking up millions of views — though it's not clear how much influence they have had

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Pro-Iran groups deploy AI to troll Trump, influence the war narrative

Analysts say the memes appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran and are part of a strategy of leveraging its limited resources to inflict damage on the U.S., even indirectly.

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They're using popular culture against the No. 1 pop culture country, the United States," said Nancy Snow, a scholar who has written more than a dozen books on #propaganda
Th pro-Iran images circulating online include a series that uses the style of the "Lego" animated movies. In one, an Iranian military commander raps, "You thought you ran the globe, sitting on your throne. Now we turning every base into a bed of stone," as Trump falls into a bullseye built of "Epstein files,"
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the U.S. government's investigative records on disgraced financier & convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Analysts believe groups making the memes are cooperating with the government
They've long dominated the media landscape and, through that power, imposed narratives on many nations," Akhbar Enfejarsaid. "But this time, something feels different. This time, we've disrupted the game. This time, we're doing it better."