Excitement and fear are in the air as the Olympic Games in Paris draw near this month, set to kick off on July 26.
The city’s streets are now depicted online as a stunning sea of purple, creating a mesmerizing sight.
Have you caught wind of the latest Tom Cruise flick, “Olympics have fallen”? This action-packed film revolves around a terrorist plot that shakes the very core of the Olympics. Reports suggest that Parisians are even taking out property insurance in anticipation of potential threats during the games.
According to a recent France24 report, a significant 24% of tickets have been returned due to terrorism fears. Both French and American authorities, including the CIA, are cautioning travelers to steer clear of the Games due to security concerns.
But here’s the twist: none of this is real. The viral purple paint story was actually a series of AI-generated images initially shared on a Chinese social platform called Xiaohongshu by a user from China.
The so-called Tom Cruise “movie” was produced using AI technology by a group known as Storm-1679, a Russian disinformation outfit pinpointed by Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center for orchestrating a sophisticated disinformation campaign aimed at disrupting the 2024 Paris Olympics. This same group is behind the spread of false news regarding terrorism fears. Their AI-generated images depicted fake graffiti in Paris threatening harm to Israeli attendees at the games.
2024-07-24 03:15:03
Article from www.computerworld.com