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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/22\/pentagon-explosion-misinformation-ai\/<\/a><\/br>
\nFake Pentagon attack hoax shows perils of Twitter\u2019s paid verification<\/br>
\n2023-05-22 21:33:51<\/br><\/p>\n

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Surprising literally no one, the combination of paid blue checks<\/a> and generative AI<\/a> makes it all too easy to spread misinformation. On Monday morning, a seemingly AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon circulated around the internet, even though the event didn\u2019t actually happen.<\/p>\n

Within about half an hour, the image appeared on a verified Twitter account called \u201cBloomberg Feed,\u201d which could very easily be mistaken for a real Bloomberg-affiliated account, especially since it had a blue check. That account has since been suspended. The Russian state-controlled news network RT<\/a> also shared the image, according to screenshots that users captured before the tweet was deleted. Several Twitter accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers, like DeItaone<\/a>, OSINTdefender<\/a> and Whale Chart<\/a> shared it. Even an Indian television network<\/a> reported the fake Pentagon explosion. It is not immediately clear where this fake image and news story originated.<\/p>\n

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Prime example of the dangers in the pay-to-verify system: This account, which tweeted a (very likely AI-generated) photo of a (fake) story about an explosion at the Pentagon, looks at first glance like a legit Bloomberg news feed. pic.twitter.com\/SThErCln0p<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

This is far from the first time that a fake image has successfully tricked the internet, but the stakes are higher when the fake event is an explosion at a U.S. government building, rather than the Pope wearing a Balenciaga coat<\/a>. Some have reported that the fake image could be tied to a 25 basis point movement of the S&P 500, but the dip didn\u2019t last long, and there\u2019s no way to prove that it was entirely a result of this hoax. The incident does beg the question of how generative AI could be used to game the stock market in the future \u2014 after all, Reddit<\/a> did it.<\/p>\n

Misinformation is an issue as old as the internet, but the simultaneous growth of generative AI and change in Twitter\u2019s verification system makes for especially fertile ground. From the get-go<\/a>, Twitter owner Elon Musk\u2019s plan to strip existing blue checks of their status and let anyone pay for the symbol has been a mess<\/a>. Even if we know that blue checks no longer indicate legitimacy, it\u2019s hard to break a visual habit you\u2019ve cultivated for almost 15 years: If you see an account called \u201cBloomberg Feed\u201d that has a blue check posting about an attack on the Pentagon, you\u2019re probably predisposed to think it\u2019s real. As it gets more and more difficult to spot fake images, we\u2019ll only continue seeing false news reports like this in the future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Science, Tech, Technology<\/br>
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