Russian commanders show Putin fake AI-generated victories.
In mid-October, Russian generals reported to Putin about the capture of Dobropolia. The Russian Ministry of Defense soon released a video showing soldiers with Russian flags standing among the ruins of the supposedly captured city.
According to the Financial Times, the Russian military is increasingly using deep fakes to exaggerate its successes on the front. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) found 35 videos on the Internet that were created or modified using AI. Some of them were distributed by the Russian Ministry of Defense itself.
One of the FT's interlocutors explained how the mission system works: for example, the commander reports the capture of a settlement to the colonel, who reports to the general, and then the information reaches the General Staff and Putin. But by the time the report reaches the Kremlin, the Russian troops may have already withdrawn.
At the same time, the command continues to issue orders against the background of the fact that the settlement is allegedly under Russian control.
As a result, the Russian army continues to win in artificial intelligence video, while the real situation on the front is completely different.