Wall Street fell briefly on Monday morning after false news about explosion in the pentagonwhich was later denied by the authorities.
False news published by a user of this social network and spread by a Russian media account. RT – which he later deleted – among other things, there was an image that could be created by artificial intelligence, which showed a plume of smoke in the vicinity of the Pentagon.
Before the Department of Defense and Arlington, Va., firefighters debunked the claim, the image went viral enough to scare Wall Street, where the S&P dropped almost to 0.26% in a few minutesdepending on the economic situation Business insider.
ATTENTION
These images are FAKE.
There is no explosion and never was. #Pentagon nor in Washington, DC, nor in its vicinity, as the US Department of Defense has already confirmed, according to a report from @AFP.
It is believed that they were created by artificial intelligence.
Markets… pic.twitter.com/wGkRuibE63
— Ariel Mutsatsos (@arielmou) May 22, 2023
“We can confirm that this was fake news and that the Pentagon didn’t attack todayThis was reported to the media by a Pentagon spokesman.
“explosion NO or an incident occurring on or near the Pentagon Reservation and there is no immediate danger or risk to the public,” firefighters said on their Twitter account.
Shortly after the denials, Wall Street quickly recovered from this short negative period, which nevertheless brought billions of dollars into the market.
The spread of fake news on Twitter, the social network that has opened up its conditions for obtaining a verification seal to any user who pays for it, and its impact on the stock market, has reopened the debate about limits and need to regulate artificial intelligencethough it’s not entirely clear if the image was generated by AI.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias

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