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A Victory Day mural in Moscow Oblast costing 1.6M rubles (~$20K) featured an AI image of a soldier used for AFU recruitment. Officials quickly covered it after the blunder was discovered. (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-accidentally-spends-20k-painting-ukrainian-azov-soldier-on-victory-day-mural-8379

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The source doesn't say it was AI, and I reckon it was an inside job

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here is a more detailed source.

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-accidentally-spends-20k-painting-ukrainian-azov-soldier-on-victory-day-mural-8379

[–] Axiochus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From what I can see, this source also doesn't say it's AI.

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

From a different article:

The controversial image appears to have been generated using artificial intelligence and was approved by the city administration before painting began.

Ironically, according to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), the same stock photo from Depositphotos has been used in their own recruitment materials.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/14/russians-paint-propaganda-mural-with-ai-image-used-by-ukraine-military-intelligence/

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