Misattributed Moon Images Spread During Artemis II Flyby

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AI slop is actively poisoning public understanding of the Artemis II mission, with fake moon videos racking up millions of views on X and TikTok while real NASA imagery gets ignored. Conspiracy thinking has always existed, but AI tools now make fabricated content nearly indistinguishable from reality, giving fringe sceptics a megaphone they never had before. The post-truth political climate is making this worse, and platforms are simply not moving fast enough to stop the spread.