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The Houthis created a fake audio of a major Yemeni commander telling his troops to retreat which was subsequently amplified on Twitter/X, telegram, etc. Appare
by bhouston 22d ago
The Houthis created a fake audio of a major Yemeni commander telling his troops to retreat which was subsequently amplified on Twitter/X, telegram, etc.
Apparently, this helped the Houthis advance quickly as the opposition forces were in disarray.
https://x.com/BashaReport/status/2097862335494795579 https://x.com/BashaReport/status/2097862335494795579
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 22d ago[flagged]
- MSFT_Edging 22d agoThis is the chaos that silicon valley and the current US government has fully gotten behind.
- sejje 22d agoLiable for Yemeni troops taking orders from social media? Do they have a chain of command? Are people in charge?
- accountrequired 22d ago... even though they aren't?
- tt24 22d ago[flagged]
- consumer451 22d agoHoly shit. This is really interesting. AI used to impersonate, social media to amplify, and that led to a significant tactical defeat? I don't want to live in interesting times anymore.
- electrondood 22d agoThey also used Claude in a fairly sophisticated way to design their missile guidance system (PDF, search for GTG-87001). https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/e50be2e51e7695dc4b1366a37a245a597377d3b5/Anthropic-Detecting-and-countering-091026.pdf https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/e50be2e51e7695dc4b1366a37a245a...
- consumer451 22d agoYeah, I saw that. I wonder if there are any other AI labs that are naive (good?) enough to admit this type of thing. Obviously, it's happening with all decent models.
- ericd 22d agoIt's not naivete/goodness, this is totally aligned with their playbook of trying to get AI to be heavily regulated.
- consumer451 22d agoOK, that is a plausible argument given Dario's public positions. I have to admit that I keep cutting them some slack for standing up against automated kill chains, and domestic surveillance.
- 15155 22d agoAutomated kill chains and domestic surveillance are happening regardless of what one corporation wants. These technologies will never be inaccessible to the government or government contractors who already have zero issues navigating red tape. The point of regulation is to kill competitors and prevent private individuals from having unfettered access.
- ericd 22d agoTo be clear, I don't think they're doing it because they want all the money, I think they truly believe that this is existentially threatening, and are trying to regulate their open source competition away because they think that's the way to be safe. That they can be trusted with the power, but if it's out and about, that's unsafe - they like to compare it to nukes, and they want nuclear non-proliferation.
- jb3689 22d ago“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” seems like the golden rule we’ve all forgotten
- nonsensical_ 22d agoWhere men are men and 14-year old girls are FBI agents.
- throwaway85825 22d agoWhere men are men, women are also men, and children are FBI agents.
- mitxela 22d agoYet here we are, believing that the Houthis used fake AI voice to achieve a battlefield victory.
- culi 22d agoI think GP is saying that the story of fake AI voices is what's fake. HNers are the ones "falling for it". Not the Saudi merc forces
- moralestapia 22d agoOh wow! Dario and Scam were right! We should stop everybody else from developing AI, except for both of them which are the most appropriate stewards for this technology.
- kryogen1c 22d agoCan't read the Twitter link, but that sounds made up. Where in the battlefield decision making process are they listening to social media recordings to make combat decisions?
- bpodgursky 22d agoWhat do you think the chain of command looks like in the third world? Even in the Russia/Ukraine conflict they use Telegram for basic operations. All chat applications are dual-use.
- kryogen1c 22d ago> What do you think the chain of command looks like in the third world? I have no idea, but Im certain that twitter recordings do not put frontline forces in disarray. > use Telegram for basic operations an encrypted private communication channel is very different than public social media
- bpodgursky 22d agoYou have far, far too much faith in the professionalism of armed forces in the developing world. 99% of it is just random 22 year old guys with guns and dual-use communication tech.
- kryogen1c 22d ago> too much faith in the professionalism I dont know that its a matter of professionalism. Everyone in the world has known that AI can generate video and audio that is imperceptibly fake, for years. And thats to say nothing of man-made forgeries in the years prior. I have a hard time seeing people on the front line throwing down arms and running away because of an unsourced twitter clip.
- fluffybucktsnek 22d agoWe, as in the terminally online, have known that AI can generate imperceptibly fake footage. There are still plenty of average people who still gets caught off guard.
- autoexec 22d agoIf that's true, it's insane that it worked. It should be obvious to not take orders from twitter. There's a chain of command for a reason and random people on social media are no part of it. Sounds like the opposition forces would have to be so stupid that any number of Looney Tunes style tricks would have worked. Maybe next they can send out a rabbit in a dress to make opposition fall in love with it.
- consumer451 22d agoTwitter is huge in KSA. Much more significant a share than other countries. Something like 60% to 70% of the population are active users.
- BLKNSLVR 22d agoYep, the Commander In Chief only issues orders on Truth Social.
- InsideOutSanta 22d agoI just realized how much money one could make by hacking Truth Social and posting some "truths" under Trump's account. It's a relatively new, relatively complex platform; surely there are bugs.
- Barrin92 22d agothey've already had a very similar idea at truth social themselves, they're now selling premium early access to market moving news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/truth-social-suit-trump-early-access-offer https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/truth-social... it's actually amazing to type that out and notice it's not a joke
- noir_lord 22d agoOh we see it as a joke outside the US, just not a very funny one.
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- hn993302 22d agoIf this is real, the interesting part is this Adelalhasanii user who amplified it. Seems like a Yemini who's supportive of the Houthis.
- shevy-java 22d agoThat sounds like a fake storyline. The much simpler explanation is that the local Saudi merc army sucked. If you followed the whole conflict in the last 20 years this is largely the case - the Saudis aren't really great at warfare, typically depending on foreign mercenaries (also for cleaning etc...). These in turn have very low morale.
- Georgelemental 22d agoThis is why you should always sign orders with your public key smh
- DANmode 22d agoIt’s actually embarrassing the industry haven’t implemented optional signing into everything with a text box, with the press of a USB key or other device into/onto what you’re using. This can be used to verify consistent identities for the cost of an AirTag or less - but without mandating it as a government-involved thing, which is most of the holdup.