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Fake Tiananmen "tank man" photo shows up as first result on Google (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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Source: https://www.404media.co/first-google-search-result-for-tiananmen-square-tank-man-is-ai-generated-selfie/

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[-] zepheriths@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Your lying, this is the first result

[-] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 55 points 11 months ago

Update 9/21/2023: Google says it has removed the AI-generated selfie from Knowledge Graph and Knowledge Panels, where it was appearing, after 404 Media reached out for comment and first published this story.

[-] zepheriths@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Ok. Fair enough. I don't hold anything against 404 media. But OP should have checked that information before posting. Especially since it is very easy to see that's not the case currently. The title implies currently it is that photo. It is not

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

OP shouldn't have changed the title from the original in the article.

OP should have just posted the article.

Regardless, it's a very direct way of rewriting history someone was attempting. It's good it got caught and called out.

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

OP's title isn't significantly different from the original.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Gotta protect the people(THAT I DON'T KNOW) that can't even click the link but tried to validate the article by searching in the google, right?

[-] zepheriths@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

?????? Woke up on the wrong side the bed?

[-] ink@r.nf 6 points 11 months ago

why does it seem like a fake attempt at clickbait

  • make a fake story with a controversial topic, no one else can verify

  • mark it fixed a day later

  • profit

"Google's first result shows Trump won the 2020 election"

in the article:

update: Google has removed the content

Easy traffic

[-] library_napper@monyet.cc 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Search results are usually unique to each user. If you can't be fingerprinted by Google (rare, you'll get a CAPTCHA if so), then it will be unique to your geography.

So there's no way you can verify their claim that it was the first result.

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 months ago

No it is not

[-] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 11 months ago

Lmao, me gusta

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