Fact-checking images of damage to Aramco building in Riyadh
51 sec Machine translated About Saudi Arabia War & conflict
Does this image really show the attack on the Aramco building in Riyadh?
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on the financial district in the Saudi capital.
For its part, the kingdom’s authorities acknowledged limited damage after fragments fell on the Aramco building.
Video clips documented the aftermath of the attack, like this video, which we verified as authentic.
Amid these clips, images spread that were said to show more extensive damage to the Aramco building, and garnered millions of views, but we found they were AI-generated.
Let’s compare them. Here, we can see a difference in the Aramco logo, and the writing on this sign looks distorted.
We also noticed that the dividers between the floors here appear to intersect.
We also verified that the image was generated using OpenAI’s AI tools.
So the attack did happen, but…
End of transcript · 141 words · machine translated
Original transcript (Arabic)
هل تبين هذه الصورة فعلاً الهجوم على مبنى أرامكو بالرياض؟
الحوثيون أعلنوا الهجوم على الحي المالي في العاصمة السعودية.
من جانبها، أقرت سلطات المملكة بوقوع أضرار محدودة إثر سقوط شظايا على مبنى أرامكو.
ووثقت مقاطع مصورة آثار الهجمة، كهذا الفيديو الذي تحققنا من صحته.
وسط هذه المقاطع، انتشرت صور قيل أنها تبين أضراراً أوسع بمبنى أرامكو، وحصدت ملايين المشاهدات، لكننا وجدنا أنها مولدة بالذكاء الاصطناعي.
لنقارن معاً. هنا نلاحظ اختلافاً في شعار أرامكو، والكتابة على هذه اللوحة تبدو مشوهة.
ولاحظنا أن الفواصل بين الطوابق هنا تبدو متقاطعة.
كما تحققنا من أن الصورة مولدة باستخدام أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي من OpenAI.
إذن فالهجوم وقع بالفعل، ولكن.
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