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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
After pushback from IndyCar, social media post from Department of Homeland Security touting 'Speedway Slammer' taken down
A social media post from the Department of Homeland Security that contained an AI image of an IndyCar to promote a proposed detention center in the state of Indiana has been taken down. DHS touted the 'Speedway Slammer' on Tuesday as part of a 'partnership with the state of Indiana to expand ICE detention space by 1,000 beds' at the Miami Correctional Center. In the image, a No. 5 IndyCar had the ICE acronym all over the car. The IndyCar Series immediately spoke out against the use of its car in the promotion. The series said it was 'unaware' that DHS was planning to use the image of an IndyCar as part of the announcement and that it was 'communicating our preference that our IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter.' As of Friday afternoon, the URL leading to the post with the image of the IndyCar on X, formerly known as Twitter, was showing the post as removed. The post is also not seen among the posts that are shown on the main feed of the DHS account. The deletion came after DHS initially pushed back against IndyCar's protestations. In a statement on Aug. 6, DHS said in a statement that 'An AI generated image of a car with 'ICE' on the side does not violate anyone's intellectual property rights.' The IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is owned by billionaire Roger Penske. The business tycoon and longtime motorsports team owner was at the White House in April as President Donald Trump honored Team Penske's drivers. The tweet with the IndyCar was not the only thing from DHS that drew a rebuke from a Penske company this week, either. ICE agents emerged from the back of a Penske box truck as part of a raid at a Los Angeles-area Home Depot, prompting Penske Truck Rental to state that it would 'reinforce its policy to avoid improper use of its vehicles in the future." The car in the AI image shared a number with Pato O'Ward, the driver of the No. 5 car for Arrow McLaren. O'Ward is the only Mexican driver in the IndyCar Series and is one of the series' most popular drivers. He was asked about the post on Wednesday while doing a promotional appearance for IndyCar's race in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in 2026. 'It caught a lot of people off guard. Definitely caught me off guard,' O'Ward told reporters on Wednesday via the Associated Press. 'I was just a little bit shocked at the coincidences of that and, you know, of what it means. ... I don't think it made a lot of people proud, to say the least.'
Daily Mail
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fans stunned after discovering photos of Guy Sebastian 'arrested' and with a black eye: 'The whole country is in shock'
A fake image of Guy Sebastian with a black eye has gone viral on social media - and clicking on it takes users to a scam website. The Australian singer, 43, was seen with a swollen and bruised eye in an AI image that popped up as a YouTube ad on Tuesday. It is accompanied by an alarming caption that reads: 'The whole country is in the [sic] state of shock after yesterday's news. 'Guy Sebastian says goodbye to his normal life. The police have arrested him.' Clicking on the ad takes users to a scam website, which attempts to get their personal details. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Guy Sebastian for comment. Guy is one of Australia's most recognisable music stars, and his image is likely being used to lure unsuspecting users due to his high public profile. It is the second time in the past month the singer's image has been used by scammers, after a similar picture of him with a black eye was shared in June. While the picture was clearly fake, many Reddit users questioned why they were seeing the image online. 'Anyone else getting spammed with weird fake Guy Sebastian news story ads?' one person asked. 'I wonder how they choose what celeb to target. Someone enough people know to maybe be interested, but not know well enough to know it's bull***t,' another wrote. It comes after Guy recently recalled the time he was held at gunpoint by multiple police officers in Los Angeles on suspicion of grand theft auto. The Australian singer said a knee was placed on his body while a gun was pressed against his face into 'wet concrete'. During an interview on Nova's Smallzy's Surgery with Kent 'Smallzy' Small in April, Guy recounted his terrifying ordeal. The incident, which occurred in 2011 when Guy was living and working in the United States at age 29, was confirmed by his management to the Sydney Morning Herald at the time. Guy told radio host Smallzy his car - 'bought on eBay' - was illegally towed by a dodgy company and taken to an undisclosed location without telling him. The company was attempting to exploit a legal loophole, which allowed them to sell impounded cars if they were not claimed by the owner within three months. Upon picking up his car from the impound lot, Guy called police to notify them that the car was no longer missing or stolen. After 45 minutes of being left on hold, Guy decided to drive to a local car wash while he waited to speak to police. 'One police car pulls up in the next wash bay. I'm on the phone to the sheriff and I see another pull up. Next, there's cops with guns drawn, screaming: "ON THE GROUND!"' he explained. The car was still showing in the police system as stolen, as Guy had not yet changed the status.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Fact Check: Photo shows Cybertruck-like 1930 Russian 'Tarantaika'?
Claim: A photo authentically shows a 1930 Russian or Soviet "Tarantaika," also known as "Boneshaker." Rating: In late May and early June 2025, online users shared a rumor claiming a photo authentically showed a 1930 Russian or Soviet vehicle called "Tarantaika," or "Boneshaker." For example, users shared this rumor with the caption "1930 Russian/Soviet 'Tarantaika' (Boneshaker)" on Bluesky (archived), Facebook (archived), Instagram (archived) and X (archived). Some commenters under various posts mentioned the alleged vehicle's visible similarities to the Cybertruck, created by Tesla CEO Elon Musk's electric car company. (@ However, the picture did not show a Russian "Tarantaika" or "Boneshaker." A user created the image — a fake — with an artificial-intelligence (AI) tool. Snopes found no evidence that a Russian vehicle known by those names ever existed. In October 2024, Snopes examined the same fake image in another fact check, back when users captioned the photo as allegedly showing a "fully restored 1875 chuckwagon." We traced the roots of the picture to Facebook user Joshohoho, who told us he created the image with the generative-AI platform Midjourney. The user first posted the picture in the Crazed AI and Cursed AI groups on June 24, saying it showed a "Tesla Cybertruck Frontier Edition." They later reposted the image in the Midjourney Official group on June 28 with the caption, "Tesla Cybertruck: Oregon Trail edition." Searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo and Google failed to locate any information about a historic vehicle with the name "Tarantaika." A search for "Boneshaker" found a stock image of a "Bone-shaker" bicycle from France dating back to 1869, displayed at a March 2011 exhibition in Moscow, Russia, according to the Shutterstock image-licensing website. For further reading, a previous fact check examined a photo allegedly showing a crash involving two Tesla Cybertrucks. Anokhin, Nikita. "Moscow March 25 Bike Bone-Shaker France Stock Photo 74604073." Shutterstock, 25 Mar. 2011, DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of Mind. Google. Liles, Jordan. "Photo Authentically Shows Fully Restored 1875 Chuckwagon?" Snopes, 30 Oct. 2024, Microsoft Bing. Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos.
