CBC English Top Stories
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Jul 23, 2026
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Fact check: Photo of Iran’s supreme leader is AI-edited
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Heuristic (v1/v3)
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ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.310 · RIGHT
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0.155 · CENTER
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CBC published an AI-generated photo following death of Khamenei
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Article Excerpt
The latest photo of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei circulating in Iranian media was edited or generated using Google AI. Khamenei has not been seen in public since the U.S.-Israeli attack that killed his father and other family members on Feb. 28.
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