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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Chris Stokel-Walker

TechScape: AI-made images mean seeing is no longer believing

A man stands alone in front of a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989.
A man stands alone in front of a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989. Photograph: Jeff Widener/AP

A strange thing happened last week when you searched for “tank man” on Google.

Tap on image results and instead of the usual photos of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and the iconic image of a brave protester staring down a convoy of tanks that was captured in 1989, the first result was the same historic moment – but from a different point of view.

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