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Russian military generates AI deepfakes to claim territorial gains in Ukraine — FT

Russian military units are deploying AI-generated deepfake videos to fabricate the capture of Ukrainian towns they do not control, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Nov. 9.

9 November, 12:53 PM

Russia spreads fake $140 million Ukraine corruption story during U.S. talks

Russians created and spread an AI-generated fake claiming that Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, or NABU, had searched former head of Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency Arsen Zhumadilov and found $140 million in cash. NABU conducted no such searches. Russia pushed the fake in an effort to portray Ukraine to the West as corrupt while Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, was holding talks with a U.S. delegation in New York.

25 September, 04:15 PM

EU opens formal probe into Musk’s X over deepfake scandal

Elon Musk’s company X is facing a formal investigation by the European Union after public outrage over the spread of sexually explicit manipulated images generated by its Grok AI chatbot, Reuters wrote on Jan. 26.

27 January, 12:03 PM

Trailer released for satirical thriller Death of Putin

The trailer for Polish director Patryk Vega’s satirical thriller ‘Death of Putin’ has been released. The film is set to open in Ukrainian theaters on Jan. 16.

21 December 2024, 01:26 PM

From drones to deepfakes: How technology shapes Ukraine’s war effort — opinion

As I walk my dog Macho through the village I live in, there's a moment of relative peace, a brief escape from the realities of war. But even during these walks, the sharp, mechanical hum of Russian Shahed drones—likely powered by their bensin engines—can suddenly fill the air.

21 October 2024, 09:35 PM

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