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AI tools give inconclusive results on crocodile image

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Regions
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Countries
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CNA Singapore · English 1 Oct, 07:33 UTC

The earliest of 3 English reports

The only language so far · English, 3 reports

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 3 after 12 hours.

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Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: CNA, 1 Oct, 07:33 UTC.
  2. Last article: 3 outlets.

Where it travelled

12 of 12 hours

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The regions

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  • Asia-Pacific 3 outlets · 1 country · 100%

First movers

  1. CNA 1 Oct, 07:33 UTC
  2. The Straits Times +2h 27m
  3. Mothership +11h 34m

The chapters

This story continues an earlier wave: Man charged over AI-generated crocodile image at Singapore reservoir, 28 to 30 Sept 2026, 12 outlets.

The figures

Coverage
3 outlets in 1 country. The article links last a week past the story’s last article; the outlet list is permanent. Of the 3 outlets, 1 state-owned, 2 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Asia-Pacific 1: Singapore. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
English.
Timeline
Earliest article CNA, 1 Oct 2026, 07:33 UTC. First seen 1 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC. Last seen 1 Oct 2026, 19:06 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region Asia-Pacific, Singapore. Topic Environment. Hard news Judged not hard news. Left off the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
None now: last seen more than 48 hours ago, so off the ranking. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain
Continues Man charged over AI-generated crocodile image at Singapore reservoir. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box.

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Started 1 Oct, 08:00 UTC · Updated 19:06 UTC · Final figures at midnight UTC

Covered by 3 outlets

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Asia-Pacific 3 outlets

  • Mothership Singapore 1 Oct, 19:06 UTC
    PUB did AI checks on fake Pandan Reservoir crocodile image but got ‘inconclusive’ results
  • The Straits Times Singapore 1 Oct, 10:00 UTC
    Fake image of crocodile in reservoir put through AI checks, but results were inconclusive: PUB
  • CNA Singapore 1 Oct, 07:33 UTC
    PUB says AI detection tools gave 'inconclusive' results on Pandan Reservoir crocodile image
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