AI-generated photos showing President Biden decked out in military gear in the Situation Room went viral Tuesday — amid Middle East tensions in the wake of the deadly drone attack on US soldiers.
The troubling deepfakes posted to X show Biden in a camouflage uniform sitting at a desk with advisors in an apparent attempt to show the US was on a war footing.
The images — on the heels of the Taylor Swift deepfakes scandal — were viewed thousands of times after first being posted on Elon Musk social media platform on Monday.
As of Tuesday evening, they remained on the site.
The Post has sought comment from the White House and X.
On Sunday, the drone strike in northeast Jordan killed three US service members.
Biden said the US “shall respond” to the strike, which officials in Washington blame on organizations tied to Iran.
The president has been criticized by Republicans for showing weakness toward Iran and failing to deter its proxies in the region.
Iran has denied involvement in the strike.
X came under fire last week after allowing AI-generated explicit images of Taylor Swift to remain on the site for 17 hours.
They were viewed 47 million times before the account that posted the images was finally suspended.
X banned users from searching for Swift over the weekend before lifted it Monday night.
Since Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, he has faced criticism for his own controversial posts, prompting many advertisers on the platform to pull back spending out of fear of being associated with harmful content.