An AI generated image of a large storm cloud over a desert road is being shared as real. It is often falsely credited to a photographer who doesn't seem to exist. https://hoaxeye.com/2023/08/26/large-storm-cloud-over-a-desert-road/ #factcheck

@NIH_LLAMAS Many have tried already. There are lots of notes and counter-notes, and arguing about the notes

@afif @liverpoolrichard Sculpture from different angle: https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/rude-effigy-discovered-in-800-year-old-church-in-england

@afif @liverpoolrichard That's true according to several news sources https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/carpenters-800yearold-xrated-carving-found-in-church-ceiling/news-story/02e96e06d2e8cdc1d4fb7157a6780053

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Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230824-top-science-publisher-withdraws-flawed-climate-study

Mick West didn’t debunk these alien abduction videos earlier, because he “thought it was a bit too silly”. The silly videos have been around for many years, but got a lot of attention recently.

#debunks of the Aliens Abducting a Plane: https://youtu.be/hMu187Et1qc

Angelo John Gage, a neo-Nazi who recently started using the name "Lucas Gage" and whose Twitter feed is a constant stream of antisemitism and racism, says he received his first payment through the platform's revenue sharing system.

It's was $165.52 — not much, obviously. But it's also not nothing.

Elon Musk has not only welcomed Nazis. He's now directly paying them too.

@park Yep https://mastodon.world/@hoaxeye/110920460788100490

This picture is popular and is being shared as a real example of pareidolia. The face of Brazilian President Lula da Silva was generated with AI. It was overlayed on top of a landscape photo. https://www.malumatfurus.org/insan-yuzu-seklinde-manzara/ #factcheck

@ranvel you can block accounts on Discord. I'm unsure about Slack

"Here's a clip from today's hearing where the Twitter exec explains why sharing child sexual abuse material isn't an automatic ban. And then an Australian senator explains why that's idiotic"

Via https://twitter.com/paleofuture/status/1689489799349207040

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/08/09/twitter-exec-defends-restoring-account-that-shared-child-sex-abuse-material/

Elon Musk is planning to remove the block-feature from X. That’s a terrible idea in many ways. Also, it would be against the Android and iOS policies and guidelines for apps. Android: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9876937?hl=en iOS: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

Fact Check: Laser Beam Was NOT Present In Press Photo Of Burning Lahaina Church -- Photo Was Swiped And Edited To Deceive https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/08/fact-check-laser-beam-was-not-present-in-press-photo-of-burning-lahaina-church-was-edited-to-deceive.html #factcheck

That image was generated by #Midjourney AI. You can see lots of AI generated pics being shared as real on X and other platforms. This is the first I've seen on Mastodon

Of the 9,200 scientists who responded to the survey, over half have cut down on their use of Twitter/X and nearly 7% have stopped using it altogether https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

@dada @flore That's an AI generated image. I've checked this earlier

@hackerfactor Image is taken from season 5 episode 1 of the x-files

https://x-files.fandom.com/wiki/Redux

Hawaii wildfires: 'Directed energy weapon' and other false claims go viral https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66457091.amp #conspiracytheories