00:00Hi, I'm alive.
00:01That's Netanyahu posting this video to prove that he's alive.
00:04But people are still not buying it.
00:07And is this Netanyahu with me?
00:09Well, no.
00:10But here's the thing.
00:11This is exactly what AI-generated images are now capable of doing.
00:16Blurring the line between what looks believable and what actually is.
00:20So is Netanyahu dead or is this just another case of AI gone too far?
00:24The speculation gained traction after Netanyahu posted a video from a cafe on the outskirts of Jerusalem responding directly to
00:31the rumours.
00:32The speculations claiming Netanyahu's death were aired by Iranian state media and spread online in Iran.
00:37The origin of the controversy can be traced back to a press interaction where a still image of Netanyahu began
00:42circulating online.
00:44Users pointed to what they believed was a sixth finger, suggesting the video was an AI-generated deepfake.
00:50The sixth finger claim quickly spread online and Iran's revolutionary guard, meanwhile, reportedly threatened to pursue and kill Netanyahu with
00:57full force.
00:58Netanyahu refuted all the claims in the video he posted in the cafe and showed five fingers in each hand
01:04to put the rumours to rest.
01:05The coffee shop video of BB soon turned controversial after Grok, the AI chatbot developed by XAR,
01:11reportedly told the users that the clip was 100% deepfake, intensifying the online storm.
01:16Then there was the disappearing ring too.
01:20Well, as of 18 March 2026, there is no credible evidence to suggest that Netanyahu is dead.
01:25And as the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran continues to unfold, one thing is increasingly clear.
01:31AI is no longer just in the background of these stories.
01:34It is shaping how they are told, how they are believed and how they are questioned.
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