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Purported AI-Generated Image of Explosion Near Pentagon Reportedly Triggers Brief Market Dip and Public Confusion

May 22, 2023

An alleged tweet from an account impersonating Bloomberg reportedly posted a suspect image, purportedly showing an explosion near the Pentagon. Analysts assessed that the image was likely AI-generated. The false post quickly spread through major accounts before officials confirmed no such incident had occurred. The markets temporarily dipped during this period of confusion. This incident underscores the need for trustworthy and responsible AI practices, as well as the importance of AI governance in preventing harm. For those interested in shaping the future of safe and secure AI, JOIN US to learn more about HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) and help establish guardrails for AI.

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Alleged deployer
misinformation-spreaders, disinformation-spreaders, unknown-malicious-actors
Alleged developer
unknown-ai-image-generator-developer, unknown-deepfake-technology
Alleged harmed parties
twitter-users, family-of-people-near-pentagon, investors, general-public, general-public-of-the-united-states, truth, epistemic-integrity, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/543

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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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