AI incident #1530 ·
Purportedly AI-Generated Images Allegedly Linked Sami Lushtaku to Banjska Attack Suspect Milan Radoičić
What happened
The Facebook page ZËRI Shqiptar reportedly published AI-generated images purporting to show Sami Lushtaku, the mayor of Skenderaj, Kosovo, traveling in a luxury car with Milan Radoičić, a former Serb List official accused in connection with the 2023 Banjska attack on Kosovo police. The reportedly AI-generated images appeared amid a political dispute after Vetëvendosje officials accused Lushtaku of assaulting Hysni Mehani, the party's local leader in Skenderaj.
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News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Zeri Shqiptar (Facebook), Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo, Information Manipulation Actors
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Voters In Kosovo, Voters, Sami Lushtaku, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity
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