Alleged AI-Generated Photo of Burning Truck in Manila Reportedly Triggered Firefighter Response
April 26, 2025
Firefighters in Manila were reportedly called to a burning truck, following an alert triggered by an allegedly AI-generated photo. Upon arrival, they found the vehicle intact.
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- philippines-bureau-of-fire-protection, volunteer-firefighters-in-manila, general-public-of-manila, epistemic-integrity
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1197
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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