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    Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image

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    1. SarcasmWarning on

      We live in a post-truth world. Even 5 years ago the phrase “pics or it never happened” made sense. As we go into 2026, showing me pictures as proof of something makes it less credible not more.

    3. Negative_Equity on

      I remember being told don’t believe what you see on the Internet. I’m 42 and still live by that mantra. It’s a shame the generation that coined the phrase now believes everything they read on the Internet.

      Critical thinking is dead.

    4. Visual_Astronaut1506 on

      If it’s on social media, surely the person who originated the image can be traced back and prosecuted?

      Depending on how they framed the post of course.

    6. eldomtom2 on

      Not sure they should have publicised this. If it becomes common knowledge that you can cancel trains with an AI image…

    7. MrRorknork on

      It’s got to the point where I mistrust most things I see on the internet that are even slightly out of the ordinary. It’s sad that things have got to the point that unless it’s first hand from a credible source, it’s bullshit until proven otherwise.

    8. Embarrassed_Grass_16 on

      “A BBC journalist ran the image through an AI chatbot which identified key spots that may have been manipulated.” And that’s the extent of their analysis of the image.

      How are these people paid to work full time?

    10. meharryp on

      This line here shows why we’re so fucked

      > A BBC journalist ran the image through an AI chatbot which identified key spots that may have been manipulated.

      General purpose LLMs are absolutely awful at this job but aim to satisfy the users request. If you give it any image and say “identify likely AI generated artifacts” it will try as hard as it can to do that, going as far as to point out shit that isn’t even there

      The fact BBC journalists don’t know this and are relying on the same things that generate these lies to provide them with truths is extremely concerning

    11. wkavinsky on

      The fakers are complete dicks, but I’d much rather a train be cancelled because of a fake picture that it’s collapsed, than a train be not cancelled and try to go over a collapsed bridge.

    12. No_Gur_7422 on

      The Russians don’t need to prepare a bombardment and invasion, they can just make some pictures of the results and the government will surrender …