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EVENT STREAM // JULY 2023

AI-GENERATED PENTAGON EXPLOSION PHOTO CAUSES MARKET DIP

 ·  Significant impact

A fake AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon goes viral on Twitter, briefly causing a stock market dip before being debunked. Demonstrates real economic impact of synthetic media.

DEEPFAKE INCIDENT
SOURCES [2]
  1. Bloomberg market data — bloomberg.com
  2. Associated Press and Reuters coverage of the AP Twitter hoax and S&P response (May 2023) — reuters.com