DeepfakeMedium
Purported AI-Generated Image of Explosion Near Pentagon Reportedly Triggers Brief Market Dip and Public Confusion
- Occurred
- May 22, 2023
- Published
- May 30, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Twitter/X account allegedly impersonating Bloomberg reportedly posted an image falsely showing an explosion near the Pentagon. Analysts reportedly described the image as likely AI-generated. The post reportedly spread through major accounts before officials confirmed no incident occurred. Markets reportedly dipped during the short period when the hoax circulated.
Developers
- Deepfake technology
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
Deployers
- Misinformation spreaders
- Malicious actors
- Information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- Family of People Near Pentagon
- Investors
- General public
- General public of the United States
- Epistemic integrity
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- X (Twitter) users
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated image used to deceive public and cause market disruption without physical harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8