Aug 22, 2024

Hany Farid Analyzes Video of Hezbollah’s Tunnels

From France 24 News

What do we know about Hezbollah’s tunnels?

The Iran-backed movement has exchanged regular fire with Israel in support of its ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war.

Prospects of full-blown conflict grew after Iran and Hezbollah vowed revenge for the killing last month, blamed on Israel, of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and an Israeli strike that killed Fuad Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander, in south Beirut...

Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert at the University of California, Berkeley, said it was “unlikely” to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

But parts of the video “might incorporate classic CGI gaming footage”, he added, referring to computer-generated imagery.

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Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley and a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project.

Last updated: September 12, 2024