A fake image invented using artificial intelligence techniques showed that the US Department of Defense headquarters, the Pentagon, had been exposed to an explosion, and it spread widely on Monday.
The US Department of Defense quickly denied this information.
In turn, the photo was denied by the Arlington, Virginia Fire Department as they confirmed on social media that no explosions or accidents occurred inside or near the Pentagon. .
The US stock market fell for a short time.
The S&P 500 index lost more than a quarter of a percentage point, before recovering.
Tech site “techcrunch” says the fake image appeared on an account with the blue verification mark on Twitter called the Bloomberg Feed account, which made users think the account belonged to Bloomberg, especially since ‘he wears the blue mark, and the account was suspended after posting the photo,
But others reposted the image before the account was suspended, including international media outlets before the image was taken down.
The source of this image is not yet clear.
It’s not the first time a fake image has managed to fool the internet, but the stakes are higher when the fake news is tied to a supposed explosion at a US government building.
The tech site claims that the problem of fake news is an old one on the internet, but the steady growth of artificial intelligence and changing documentation policies in “Twitter” provide fertile ground for this scourge.
El pointed out that site owner Elon Musk’s policy of removing blue ticks from those who didn’t pay the monthly subscription price in exchange for keeping them was pushing a state of chaos.
He continued, “Even though we know the blue authentication mark no longer indicates legality, it’s hard to break a visual habit that tweeters have picked up over the past 15 years.”
He added: “If you see an account called ‘Bloomberg Feed’ with a blue verification mark that posted information about an attack on the Pentagon, you might think it’s real.”
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