Diffusion de la propagande russe, manipulation électorale, mensonges sur la situation en Ukraine, discours haineux contre les migrants, la désinformation en Slovaquie ne s'est jamais aussi bien portée que lors de cette campagne des législat…

As Slovakia heads toward parliamentary elections on Saturday, the country has been flooded with disinformation, ranging from pro-Russian propaganda, lies about the situation in Ukraine and the spread of anti-migrant hate speech.

Leader of S…

Two far-right Republika’s social media posts in which AI is used to mimic the voice of Progressives leader Michal Šimečka and spread falsehoods, like plans to raise the cost of beer, were eventually removed from YouTube but remained availab…

BRATISLAVA – Videos featuring artificial intelligence-generated deepfake voices of politicians are spreading on social media ahead of the Slovak parliamentary elections this weekend, showcasing how the emergent technology is being harnessed…

Just two days before Slovakia’s elections, an audio recording was posted to Facebook. On it were two voices: allegedly, Michal Šimečka, who leads the liberal Progressive Slovakia party, and Monika Tódová from the daily newspaper Denník N. T…

translated-ja-Falošnými nahrávkami a vizuálmi si pomáhali priamo politické strany, ale aj neznámi aktéri v pozadí. Zneužili aj moratórium.

S rozmachom nástrojov takzvanej generatívnej umelej inteligencie, ktorá vie tvoriť obrázky, videá či …

Given the proliferation of AI deepfakes in the recent Slovakian election, it's getting harder to tell who's talking. But first...

The Cyber Angle

Something didn't add up in an alleged conversation between Progressive Slovakia's leader, Mich…

A couple of days before Slovakia's election last Saturday, a prominent journalist was sent a recording circulating on social media that alarmed her. In it, Monika Todova heard herself discussing with Michal Simecka, a leading liberal politi…

The 2023 Slovak parliamentary election campaign made history, and not for the right reasons. For the first time, deepfakes played a role in the pre-election battle. Two days prior to the election, a video with an audio clip that allegedl…

Incident is believed to be one of the first examples in the EU of using AI to manipulate the likeness of a journalist – and could portend the use of such tools to discredit the media. From the International Press Institute.

The 2023 Slovak …

translated-ja-Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election.

And if that w…