At least 13 American service members have died so far in the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Some online accounts are using the moment to share artificial intelligence-generated clickbait.

One viral video showed a toddler-aged boy crying “Daddy” as he approached a flag-draped coffin. A woman follows and tries to console him, saying, “I’m right here, sweetheart.”

A Facebook page shared it March 15 with the caption, “A Hero’s Final Farewell: Heartbreaking moment a son says goodbye to his father lost in the Iran conflict.”

The video had 1.1 million views as of March 16.

We saw the same video on X , TikTok , Instagram , and Threads . But online detection tools and AI experts said the video is very likely AI-generated. Several of the accounts sharing the video post other AI-generated content or acknowledge that their content is not real.

This particular video is one of several similar videos circulating online. They each depict a near-identical scene , a mother and child crying over a casket.…