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AI-generated images of stranded elephants circulate in Myanmar after Typhoon Yagi

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Summary
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Two AI-generated images of elephants stuck in trees have been shared online alongside a false claim that they were taken in Myanmar after Typhoon Yagi rolled through Southeast Asia .

The creators of the images told AFP that they did not show real events.

Images began circulating on Burmese social media after water from the Sittaung River spilled over and submerged 30 villages in Taungoo township, in Myanmar 's Bago Region.

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formal

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English

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60

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short-lived

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