{"id":7503,"date":"2023-06-24T02:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T02:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=7503"},"modified":"2023-06-25T19:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T19:35:04","slug":"collection-of-old-ai-generated-images-goes-viral-as-debris-of-titan-submersible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/collection-of-old-ai-generated-images-goes-viral-as-debris-of-titan-submersible\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection of Old & AI-Generated Images Goes Viral as Debris of The ‘Titan’ Submersible!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The ill-fated journey of the ‘Titan’ submersible vessel, which went missing during a tourist expedition to the \u2018Titanic\u2019, has created headlines worldwide. And as hope for finding the missing vessel diminished with every passing day, the US Coast Guards finally declared that the submersible had imploded, killing all five people<\/a> on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media was abuzz with posts with mixed reactions related to the tragedy.  Also, many were curious to find our latest proceedings. Against this backdrop, we noticed a photo collection going viral in many parts of the world, claiming to be debris of the \u2018Titan\u2019 submersible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Factcrescendo Team found this photo collection comprised of old and AI-generated images. Let\u2019s look at the claim in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Posts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A viral Tweet, alongside several photos, claimed that robots had discovered new debris near the \u2018Titanic\u2019 and that experts claimed these images depicted the debris of the Titan submersible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tweet<\/a> | Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple Facebook posts also went viral with similar sets of images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook<\/a> | Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But do these images really belong to the \u2018Titan\u2019? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact Check<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

First, we checked the US Coast Guard\u2019s official social media accounts\/websites to determine whether they posted these photos. However, we could not find any such content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence did a Google reverse image search on the viral photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We found that some such photos were taken in 2004 and are available in Alamy stock photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first image shows the shoes of one of the possible victims of the Titanic disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alamy<\/a>| Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another photo, again taken back in 2004, shows the remains of a coat and boots in the mud on the seabed near the Titanic’s stern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alamy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Reverse Image Search for other images did not yield any favourable results, and most indicated that the photos were recently uploaded to social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, we searched for international media reports regarding the debris of the \u2018Titan\u2019 yet could not find any credible news organisations publishing the purported images or any other photos\/videos of the debris from the \u2018Titan\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Independent\u2019 reported that a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) had found debris fields on the North Atlantic Ocean sea floor around 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic<\/a> on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard said the debris, which includes the nose cone, front-end bell of the pressure hull, and the other end of the pressure hull & the aft end bell, is \u201cconsistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an incredibly complex operating environment on the sea floor over two miles beneath the surface,\u201d says Rear Admiral John Mauger, yet \u201cwe continue to map out the debris field and will do the best we can to fully map out what\u2019s down there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full article can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get further information regarding the viral image, we emailed the US coast guard department, and they confirmed that \u201cthe Unified Command has not released any photos or videos of the debris. Unless released from our official Press Releases or our social media, these photos are unconfirmed.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence this response confirms that the other set of viral images was also not genuine and unrelated to the current \u2018Titan\u2019 vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, we subjected the three remaining images to AI image identification tools, and all these images indicated that high possibility of being created by AI, as seen below with high AI scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our investigation found that the collection of viral photos claiming to be debris of the ‘Titan’ submersible vessel was false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Coast Guards Department confirmed that even though debris from the \u2018Titan vessel has been identified, they have not released any such images\/videos to the media yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of viral images were taken back in 2004 and are linked to the \u2018Titanic\u2019 tragedy over a century ago. The other three images are likely created using AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t