AI-generated image of explosion at Pentagon goes viral, chaos in stock markets

May 22, 2023

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Fake AI image of Pentagon ‘explosion’ briefly tumbles markets: report

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Fake AI image of Pentagon ‘explosion’ briefly tumbles markets: report

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Fake AI-generated image of explosion near Pentagon spreads on social media

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FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market

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Hoax image of explosion at Pentagon goes viral and caused markets to briefly dip

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Fake Image Of Explosion At Pentagon Briefly Goes Viral

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FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market

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FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market

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‘Verified’ Twitter accounts share fake image of ‘explosion’ near Pentagon, causing confusion

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IA: A fake photo of the Pentagon hit by an explosion causes a brief fall in financial markets

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An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped

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This viral AI image of an ‘explosion’ near the Pentagon never happened

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‘Verified’ Twitter Accounts Spread Pentagon Explosion Hoax

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A viral AI image of an explosion at the Pentagon caused a brief stock market dip

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Pentagon: Fake image of a Pentagon explosion briefly goes viral

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Fake Pentagon Explosion Image Goes Viral, Sparking Concerns About Generative AI

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AI-generated photo of fake Pentagon explosion sparks brief stock selloff

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Pentagon denies reports of explosion near it

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FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market

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Falsches Foto von Explosion am Pentagon sorgt für Aufregung

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Pentagon explosion photo goes viral, but it’s fake, suspected of being AI-generated image

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FACT CHECK: Image Claims to Show Explosion At Pentagon

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Fake image of a Pentagon explosion briefly goes viral

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Excitement over fake photo of Pentagon explosion

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Frightening AI-Generated Image Goes Viral, Impact of Scare Seen Immediately on the Stock Market

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Stocks Briefly Spooked By ‘Confirmed Fake’ Report Of Explosion Near Pentagon

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AI Generated Hoax of Pentagon Explosion Causes Markets to Dip

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Fake image of a Pentagon explosion briefly goes viral, cause shares to tumble

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Fake photo of explosion at Pentagon goes viral; US stock market recedes

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Fake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon goes viral and even briefly affects actions

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Fake photo of Pentagon explosion brings down Wall Street

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Fake photo of Pentagon explosion causes excitement

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Fake photo of Pentagon explosion causes short dip on US stock market

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Fake photo of burning Pentagon even causes the stock market to plummet

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Fake photo of Pentagon explosion causes excitement

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Fake photo of explosion at the US Pentagon causes excitement

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Some blue-check Twitter accounts, one pretending to be Bloomberg, spread an AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon; the stock market briefly dipped

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Fake photo of the “explosion” near the Pentagon went viral on social networks. It was generated by artificial intelligence

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AI-generated fake image of Pentagon explosion goes viral on social media, stock markets feel the heat

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Viral Fake Image of Pentagon Explosion Affects Markets; AI Use Suspected

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Markets fall due to false image of explosion in the US

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Fake-Foto von Pentagon-Explosion sorgt für Wirbel

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Lying through AI – hoax: Fake photo of an explosion at the Pentagon causes excitement

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Une fausse image d’une explosion au Pentagone crée la polémique sur Twitter

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The Pentagon reveals the fact that there was an explosion near its building

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Fake image of a Pentagon explosion briefly goes viral

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Fake photo of Pentagon explosion causes excitement

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Pentagon photo triggers hysteria and panic — even on stock exchanges

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