A photo of the explosion at the Pentagon was shared on a site called Bloomberg Feed.
A prime example of the risks in a pay-for-verification system: This account, which tweeted an image (very likely AI-generated) of a (fake) story about an explosion at the Pentagon, at first glance looks like a legitimate Bloomberg news feed. pic.twitter.com/SThErCln0p
-Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) May 22, 2023
The account was also followed on Twitter, leading many to believe that Bloomberg News had shared the news and treated it as real. But it later turned out that this was just a fake account, and from the statement issued by the Arlington Police, it also emerged that
The image may have been edited with the help of artificial intelligence.
Twitter has since posted a warning with the text “manipulated media” below original posts on the topic, and Bloomberg Feed’s account has also been banned.
It caused a small panic
According to Insider, many Americans believe there was indeed an explosion at the Department of Defense. All of this had an impact on overseas stock markets as well: stock prices began to fall for a short period after the fake news and fake photo emerged.
In general, it can be said that fake images like the ones mentioned above, created with the help of artificial intelligence, are increasingly spreading on social media.
Among the most famous recent cases is the fake photo of Pope Francis wearing a fancy jacket, and the one in which Donald Trump got into a fierce battle with the police who arrested him.
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