AI-powered Russian influence campaign spreads anti-Ukraine propaganda
A fake AI-powered pro-Russian influence campaign attempted to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda, sparking concerns about the use of AI to create and spread misinformation and disinformation. According to Meta, the so-called 'Kyiv' campaign took the form of dozens of fake profiles using AI-generated pictures , including of an aviation engineer, news editors and scientific authors . Posing as independent news desks operating out of Kyiv, the fake profiles were used to p ublish content on Facebook, Instagram , Twitter, YouTube, Telegram, and Russian social networks Odnoklassniki and VK. The profiles were taken down for violating Meta's coordinated inauthentic behaviour policy. ➕ February 2022. Ukrainian authorities also shut down a Russian bot farm in Lviv capable of deploying 18,000 fake accounts, and a smaller one that posted fake information about Ukraine on Telegram, WhatsApp and Viber. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Documents 📃 https://about.fb.com/news/2022/02/metas-ongoing-efforts-regarding-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/ https://about.fb.com/news/tag/coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/ Operator: Developer: Country: Ukraine; Russia Sector: Govt - defence Purpose: Damage reputation Technology: Deepfake - image; Machine learning Issue: Mis/disinformation
- Date it happened
- 2022-02-01
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