Former CISA chief accuses Iran of using AI to create false war narratives
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Bridget Bean, former acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), told Fox News on Friday that the Iranian regime is using artificial intelligence to create a false “global narrative” that it is winning the war with the United States.
“They can’t win on the battlefield, so they’re going to try to win through artificial intelligence and a global narrative,” Bean said on “The Ingraham Angle.”
“And the old playbooks were very noticeable — funny faces or out-of-time lip-syncing — but they were very successful at some of the AI manipulations. And we saw that.”
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People hold banners with the picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in support of Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asian News Agency) via Reuters)
Bean said those quickly scrolling through their phones might not notice that something was amiss with the regime’s AI-generated content and urged people to “be mindful of what’s going on.”
“Their goal is to weaken our will, our resolve, and really push a narrative that is not true,” he added.
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Mujtaba Khamenei, son of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is seen in Tehran, Iran, on December 14, 2016. People accuse the Iranian regime of using AI-altered images of the new religious leader. (Photo: Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
The New York Post reported Iran on Thursday released AI-altered images of new religious leader Mojtaba Khamenei, and it came on the heels of reports that he was too injured to appear in public.
Shayan Sardarizadeh, a senior journalist at BBC Verify, said photos recently published in Iranian state media and on Khamenei’s X account were edited using online artificial intelligence tools.
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Bean said the regime “takes real photos, real videos, and just adds some artificial intelligence,” so it “passes the gut test.”
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“What we’ve seen is not surprising. They’ve played the same playbook since June 2025. They did so during the 12-day war, and it’s really the first time in a global conflict that we’ve seen AI-generated disinformation outpace traditional propaganda.”
