Posted on 05/22/2023 5:33:10 PM PDT by Libloather
A suspected AI-generated image claiming to show an explosion near the Pentagon went viral on Twitter Monday, sending markets crashing.
Dozens of verified accounts - including national news organizations - reshared what shows black smoke billowing up from the ground next to a white building.
The image appears so realistic that people became frantic as it circulated the platform around 10 am ET, which caused the S&P 500 to drop 10 points in five minutes as the image went viral.
The Arlington Fire Department swiftly debunked the event, stating that 'there is no explosion or incident taking place at or near the Pentagon reservation.'
It comes as fears about the power of artificial technology in spreading misinformation, particularly in the build-up to the 2024 Presidential Election.
Deputy Officer for the Pentagon told DailyMail.com: 'We do not have any comment beyond confirming it as false.'
The Kobeissi Letter, a source that reports on the global capital markets, tweeted about the image one hour after it went viral.
'With multiple news sources reporting it as real, the S&P 500 fell 30 points in minutes. This resulted in a $500 billion market cap swing on a fake image,' The Kobeissi Letter tweeted.
While some Twitter users blamed the advanced AI technology for the fake image, others pointed at accounts that quickly retweeted the photo without investigating its authenticity.
Nick Waters, ex-army personnel and Bellingcat journalist, tweeted how to tell the image was fake.
'Confident that this picture is claiming to show an 'explosion near the Pentagon' is AI-generated,' Waters posted.
'Check out the frontage of the building and the way the fence melds into the crowd barriers. There are also no other images, videos or people posting as first-hand witnesses.
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AI spending too much time learning the way of the MSM
Maybe AI has declared war against the trannies?
So AI can lie.
That’s not AI… it’s a poor FX rendering done by somebody with a home computer who doesn’t grasp the techniques very well. Whoever it is pasted an explosion into another video very poorly. An AI would have done a much better job of it.
Why not an image of a mushroom cloud over Medina?
Why this picture?
Didn’t we already see that in a movie? Copy and paste don’t take ai...just an a s s.
“Why not an image of a mushroom cloud over Medina?”
Yeah a mushroom cloud would have been more creative and make people piss in their pants.
Not a lie. It was told to generate an image. It did. Whatever the moron did with it after that is a whole ‘nother story.
So the S&P 500 crashed a quarter of a percent? How can you tell the difference between that and just minute-to-minute noise in the market?
AI— for all those requesting the blue pill. The matrix awaits you.
Adobe PhotoShop could have made a more convincing picture ten years ago.
Also, the white building does not look like the Pentagon.
My assessment...
A couple of college students bought ten S&P 500 put options and made a quick $10,000.
They will not get caught - unless they bragged about it on Facebook.
Not sure if I wan5 to cheer or not.
If it were the NY Times burning under a mushroom cloud, the markets would have gone up 10000 points. /spit
The dawn’s early light?
The MSM is going to report ALL such incidents as AI.
Just as, not that long ago, they would report such incidents as “hacks” or hack attacks.
How far are we from AIgate?
The MSM thinks itself to be cool and clever, but it ain’t.
It ain’t AI sending markets plummeting Biden debt ceiling standoff and next massive spending spree is.
He’s a kid in a candy store and nobody around when it comes to spending he makes idiots proud.
Reminds me when I was hunting with my brother I was treed by a mid size bear he was clawing I was kicking I told my brother to shoot he said what if I hit you I told him I don’t care one of us has to have reliefe.
Did your brother shoot the bear? What happened next?
Yes had a beer
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