Xirfadlayaal AI-ga ah oo sameeyay warar badan oo ku saabsan siyaasadda Jarmalka
Qorsheynayaasha warbaahinta ee CeMAS ayaa ogaaday in 47-ka kan YouTube ay isticmaashay xirfadlayaal AI-ga ah si ay uga hadlaan khilaafaadka iyo siyaasadda Jarmalka, iyadoo sawirrada ay ka soo baxeen in ka badan 7.5 milyan oo daawadayaal.
Warbixinta CeMAS iyo xirfadda AI-ga
Shirkadda CeMAS ayaa baaritaankooda ku eegday 38-ka kan YouTube, iyadoo ay soo saareen 1,876 sawirro oo u dhexeeya bishii December 2025 iyo August 2026. Kanadaani waxay leeyihiin in ka badan 66,000 oo macaamiil ah, iyadoo sawirrada ay gaareen 7.55 milyan oo daawadayaal iyo 30,000 oo hadal.
Warbixinta waxaa ka mid ah in sawirrada ay ku jiraan xaqiiqooyin aan sax ahayn, sida xad-dhaafka afka, codka oo isbedbedelaya, iyo sawirrada muuqaalka ah ee aan lahayn xirfadda sawirka. Tani waxay muujinaysaa in AI-gu uu yahay mid aad u sarreeya.
Siyaasadda Jarmalka iyo doorashooyinka
Sawirrada 795-ka ah waxay ku saabsan yihiin siyaasadda gudaha Jarmalka, iyagoo muujinaya in dalku uu ku jiro khilaaf siyaasadeed iyo maaliyadeed, iyagoo ka hadlaya dowladda Friedrich Merz. Tani waxay ku dhacday waqtiga doorashooyinka gobolka Saxony-Anhalt iyo Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
AfD waxay ku guuleysatay doorashada Saxony-Anhalt, iyadoo CDU-na ay ku dhacday inay ka baxdo 5% ee meesha Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Halka The Left-na ay noqotay mid aad u weyn Berlin.
Xiriirka caalamiga ah iyo xaqiiqooyinka
Shirkadda Graphika waxay baaritaankeeda ku eegday kan Ingiriisiga, Faransiiska, Korean, Portuguese iyo Spanish, iyadoo ay ogaatay in xirfadlayaal AI-ga ah ay jiraan. Hase yeeshee, waxay aaminsan tahay in xirfadlayaashu ay yihiin kuwo isku xiran, laakiin aan la xaqiijin karin inay yihiin mid ka mid ah.
Lea Frühwirth, oo ah xirfadle sare oo ka tirsan CeMAS, waxay sheegtay in AI-gu uu yahay mid aad u sarreeya, iyadoo sawirrada ay ku jiraan xaqiiqooyin aan sax ahayn. YouTube-na waxay ku jirtaa inay ka jawaabto codsiga warbaahinta.
Researchers have uncovered a coordinated network of 47 YouTube channels using artificial presenters to discuss German politics and global conflicts, amassing over 7.5 million views since late 2025.
A Coordinated Network of Fake Presenters
The non-profit Centre for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS) identified 47 YouTube channels using AI-generated presenters to discuss conflicts, geopolitics and German politics, with videos recording more than 7.5 million views. Researchers were able to analyse 38 of the 47 channels, documenting 1,876 relevant videos published between December 2025 and August 2026.
The channels attracted more than 66,000 subscribers, with their videos recording around 7.55 million views and nearly 30,000 comments. Some conversation in the comment sections of the videos indicated genuine users were engaging with the content, with some believing it to be real.
Political Narratives and Election Timing
German domestic politics appeared in 795 of the videos analysed. CeMAS said these videos portrayed Germany as experiencing a profound political and economic crisis and criticised Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government. This coincided with hotly anticipated state and local elections in Germany, where the Alternative for Germany (AfD) came out on top in elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is expected to fall just short of the 5% threshold needed to keep a seat in the regional parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Left emerged as the strongest force in Berlin. Despite the timing, CeMAS researcher Lea Frühwirth said, 'I wouldn't expect this to be a campaign targeted specifically at the elections.'
Broader Pattern and Detection Challenges
A separate investigation by social media analysis company Graphika identified a similar pattern involving artificial presenters discussing world affairs in English, French, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Graphika was unable to identify the operators or confirm that all the accounts belonged to one network, but found signs that the accounts likely shared means of creating content and ways of amplifying it.
CeMAS believes the German-language channels could form part of the same broader pattern, although a direct link has not been conclusively established. Many of the YouTube videos include a disclosure stating that the content has been altered or synthetically generated, but Frühwirth noted, 'It's not designed in a way that makes sure that whoever sees this is informed that this is entirely the product of AI generation.'
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