Images of Bangladeshi motorcyclists sleeping at petrol pumps are AI-generated
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz because of the Middle East war has squeezed energy supplies in imported oil-dependent Bangladesh, but images circulating online that purportedly show motorists sleeping in long lines at petrol stations are AI-generated. While filling stations in the South Asian nation have seen long lines, the circulating images contain numerous visual errors that are tell-tale signs of synthetic content.