Images Hijacked and Generated by AI Fuel Suspicions of Plague in Russia
4 Articles
4 Articles
Between photos generated by Artificial Intelligence, or videos released from their context... the death in Siberia of Daria Chipilova, a 28-year-old labantine feeds many rumours online. Our teams checked the images to unravel the real fake.
Six days after the news appeared, and without official confirmation that the researcher died of plague, in the midst of appeals from the World Health Organization and the United States for more information, the situation seems to have provoked both resignation and skepticism.
The Russian portal People of Baikal states that immediately after Darya's death in the Shelekhov hospital, the news that she died of the pneumonic plague spread throughout the region, as well as unofficial claims that she broke a test tube with the virus in the laboratory. Also, they write that the building where she lived was disinfected three times by workers in protective suits and gas masks. About 200 people who had been in contact with her,…
After the mysterious death of an employee of a laboratory specializing in plague, the Russian city of Chelekhov lives in anxiety. Despite Moscow's assurances, the inhabitants denounce the lack of information.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
