North Korean Self-Propelled Artillery View from Starbucks... Is It AI Fake News?

On October 26, a photo was posted on social media showing North Korean self-propelled artillery and soldiers visible through the window of a Starbucks, with cafe customers filming the scene.

The photo spread rapidly as soon as it was uploaded, attracting attention even from overseas media.

However, this photo turned out to be a fake image created by AI.

It appears to have been created by combining an actual photo of North Korean self-propelled artillery reported in the news with the interior of a Starbucks, making it look as though North Korean troops were right outside the cafe window.

Inter-Korean relations and military tensions on the Korean Peninsula are sensitive issues taken seriously by the international community as well. Yet, an AI-manipulated photo staging a more threatening situation than reality spread widely overseas.

Is there no way to prevent AI-generated fake images from spreading as if they are real? VideoMug took a closer look.

(Produced by Jeong Seo-woo | Edited by Kim In-sun | Design by Jang Ji-hye | Narration by Jang Hoon-kyung | Produced by SBS Intellectual Contents IP Department)
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