Watchdog warns Ukrainians of social media posts with AI-generated images of soldiers
The Middle for Countering Disinformation warns of the malicious distribution of AI-generated “photographs” of Ukrainian service members throughout social media.
That’s in accordance with a CCD report posted on Fb, Ukrinform noticed.
“Within the Ukrainian section of social media, a lot of posts flow into, containing photographs with clear indicators of being generated by synthetic intelligence, of purportedly Ukrainian army service members, with calls to congratulate them on both their birthday or marriage ceremony. There are additionally posts about rescued animals, kids, or the aged. Russia might use these profiles on social media in an data struggle towards Ukraine,” the assertion says.
Posts of this type are sometimes circulated by bots, whose objective is to evoke emotion and encourage customers to react. On this means, these photos obtain 1000’s of precise interactions from actual customers, which contributes to the fast promotion of profiles that share these photos.
Specifically, posts with AI photos entice massive audiences that aren’t too essential of what they see on-line, being weak to manipulation. On this means, the enemy will get a platform to advertise narratives that threaten Ukraine.
These posts can be utilized in fraud schemes as they typically include malicious hyperlinks that may be disguised as some petition that urgently must be signed, the CCD emphasizes.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, Russia’s intelligence deployed name facilities to unfold faux information and recruit Ukrainians for clandestine cooperation.
Picture: CCD / Fb
