<ul><li>Several Indian media outlets, including News18 MP, First India News, Times Now Navbharat, and Zee News, fell for a social media hoax claiming that an explosion had occurred near the Pentagon.</li><li>The hoax message originated from an AI-generated image of an explosion in front of the Pentagon, which went viral on social media. The image was shared by Twitter user @WhaleChart with the caption "BREAKING: Explosion near Pentagon."</li><li>Russian news outlet RT initially picked up the hoax message but later deleted it. However, Indian media outlets continued to share the false claim as a real news report without verifying its credibility.</li></ul>

Indian news outlets run fake AI image of Pentagon fire as ‘breaking news’

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