AI Image Falsely Suggests Bondi Beach Terror Attack Was Staged

Social media sites have been flooded with false information in the of Sunday’s terror attack that killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Australia. One AI-generated image in particular has become extremely popular among people who are spreading disinformation on X.

It’s a photo-realistic image made to look like one of the shooting victims was actually applying fake blood before the attack. But nothing about it is real. To make matters…