Description: Russian operatives used AI to create a fake video and voice of "Olesya," a supposed troll in Kyiv, falsely claiming involvement in U.S. elections to support President Biden. U.S. intelligence confirmed the voice was AI-generated. This disinformation campaign aimed to mislead voters, erode trust in democratic institutions, and influence the 2024 election. The incident involved the group Storm-1516, individuals linked to Valery Korovin, and potential veterans of the Internet Research Agency.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Valery Korovin , Storm-1516 , Internet Research Agency veterans and Center for Geopolitical Expertise developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Ukrainian general public , Joe Biden , General public , Democratic institutions , Biden presidential campaign and American conservatives.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
727
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-04-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
nytimes.com · 2024
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Last month, a video began circulating on social media purporting to tell the story of an internet troll farm in Kyiv targeting the American election.
Speaking in English with a Slavic accent, "Olesya" offers a first-person account of how sh…
Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.
