A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI?

Multiple fake images and unreliable responses from AI systems like Gemini and Grok have spread widely during coverage of the Iran conflict, making it difficult to verify whether widely-shared photos, such as one purporting to show a mass grave for schoolgirls, are real or AI-generated. The article highlights how AI-generated misinformation (often called "AI slop," low-quality AI-produced content) is flooding news coverage of the war.