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Fortune
Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Pentagon attack hoax illustrates investor pitfalls of A.I.-driven fake news

Twitter owner Elon Musk saw his platform used to share deepfake images that scared investors on Monday. (Credit: Jonathan Raa—NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Generative artificial intelligence is often considered a threat to white-collar workers employed in the knowledge sector. But what about capital markets? 

Investors got a taste of what may be to come after fake images of smoke billowing next to U.S. Defense Department headquarters spread via Elon Musk’s social media platform Twitter. 

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