India has moved swiftly to counter a viral artificial intelligence-generated video falsely depicting its army chief claiming that New Delhi shared sensitive intelligence with Israel about the location of an Iranian naval vessel. Officials say the clip is a manipulated deepfake designed to misrepresent India’s position amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

The fabricated video shows Upendra Dwivedi, India’s Chief of Army Staff, apparently stating that India provided Israel with information about an Iranian ship operating in the Indian Ocean. In the manipulated footage, the AI-generated voice claims that once the Iranian vessel left Indian territorial waters and entered international waters, India informed Israel of its exact location as part of a “newer strategic deal” between the two countries.

Indian authorities have categorically rejected the claim, labeling the circulating clip a deepfake created using artificial intelligence.

India’s official fact-checking mechanisms moved quickly after the video began spreading across social media platforms. The country’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit publicly confirmed that the clip was fabricated and warned users not to share the misinformation.

Officials said the video was manipulated from an authentic clip in which General Dwivedi was speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, a prominent international forum on geopolitics and security hosted annually in New Delhi. In the original footage, the army chief was discussing India’s approach to monitoring regional developments while maintaining a neutral stance.

According to the PIB Fact Check account on social media platform X, the viral version was digitally altered to insert fabricated statements that do not appear in the genuine speech.

The government emphasized that General Dwivedi never made any remarks suggesting India shared military intelligence with Israel or participated in any operational targeting of........

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