{"id":1936155,"date":"2023-05-23T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frightening-ai-generated-image-goes-viral-impact-of-scare-seen-immediately-on-the-stock-market\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:56:17","slug":"frightening-ai-generated-image-goes-viral-impact-of-scare-seen-immediately-on-the-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frightening-ai-generated-image-goes-viral-impact-of-scare-seen-immediately-on-the-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Scary AI image spreads, affects stock market."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrightening-ai-generated-image-goes-viral-impact-of-scare-seen-immediately-on-the-stock-market%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1936155&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fake AI-Generated Image Causes Panic and Stock Market Dip<\/h2>\n<p>An AI-generated image of what appeared to be an explosion at the Pentagon circulated on Twitter on Monday, causing panic and a 0.26% dip in the stock market in just four minutes. The image was later found to be fake and was spread through multiple trusted and verified accounts. The incident highlights the danger of easily manipulated information and the need for better verification processes on social media.<\/p>\n<h3>AI-Generated Image Goes Viral<\/h3>\n<p>On Monday, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-lebron-james-call-for-a-barrier-to-be-placed-between-fans-and-players-to-stop-verbal-altercations\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did LeBron James Call For A Barrier To Be Placed Between Fans And Players To Stop \u2018Verbal Altercations\u2019?\">image began circulating<\/a> on Twitter of what appeared to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-is-destroying-russias-best-air-defense-systems\/\" title=\"Ukraine Is Destroying Russia\u2019s Best Air Defense Systems\">thick black smoke billowing<\/a> from the Pentagon in what appeared to be some kind of explosion or attack. The image was later found to be an AI-generated fake, but not before it caused panic and a 0.26% dip in the stock market in just four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t an AI issue, per se. Anyone with Photoshop experience could have made that image \u2014 ironically, could probably have done it better,\u201d said Ren\u00e9e DiResta, research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. \u201cBut it\u2019s a look at how signals that help people decide whether information about breaking news is trustworthy on Twitter have been rendered useless, just as the capacity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frightening-ai-generated-image-goes-viral-impact-of-scare-seen-immediately-on-the-stock-market\/\" title=\"Scary AI image spreads, affects stock market.\">create high-resolution unreality<\/a> has been made available to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter Apologizes for the Spread of the Image<\/h3>\n<p>The Twitter account OSINTdefender, which spread the image, later apologized. \u201cIt\u2019s appears that the Image being circulated is an AI Generated Picture which just shows how easily these sort of Images can be used to \u2018Manipulate\u2019 the Information Space and how Dangerous this could be in the Future. It\u2019s honestly crazy to me that this is now possible,\u201d the account posted.<\/p>\n<p>Some blamed Twitter for the spread of the photo, which was done through multiple trusted and verified accounts. Sam Gregory, executive director of the human rights organization Witness, said, \u201cThe way people are exposed to these shallow fakes, it doesn\u2019t require something to look exactly like something else for it to get attention. People will readily take and share things that don\u2019t look exactly right but feel right.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Verification Processes Need Improvement<\/h3>\n<p>The incident highlights the need for better verification processes on social media. Nate Hiner, an Arlington Fire Department captain who handles the Northern Virginia department\u2019s emergency communications, told The Washington Post it was obvious from the image it was a fraud. \u201cJust looking at the image itself, that\u2019s not the Pentagon. I have no idea what that building is. There\u2019s no building that looks like that in Arlington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said at 10:10 a.m. he was informed about the reports of damage at the Pentagon. \u201cThere were no medical calls, no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">fire calls<\/a>, no incidents whatsoever,\u201d he said, explaining why he was able to determine nothing had taken place. At that point, he found the photo on social media, checked with the Department of Defense and the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, then posted that the photo was fake. It took 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The incident also highlights the danger of easily manipulated information and the need for better verification processes on social media. \u201cSometimes they\u2019re doing it maliciously, or sometimes they\u2019re just doing it to get a lot of views. You can get a lot of audience very quickly from this, and that is a powerful drug,\u201d said Sam Gregory, executive director of the human rights organization Witness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An AI-generated fake image caused real consequences on Monday, similar to the 1938 radio broadcast of &#8220;War of the Worlds&#8221; that caused panic. 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