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00:30They're AI-generated, and researchers say they form part of a coordinated network that's produced almost 1,900 political YouTube
00:39videos.
00:40These German-language videos cover everything from the wars in Iran and Ukraine to China, the United States, and German
00:47politics.
00:48Researchers at the German non-profit CEMAS identified 47 channels using these artificial presenters.
00:55Together, the channels attracted more than 66,000 subscribers, while the videos recorded 7.5 million views and almost 30
01:04,000 comments.
01:05Nearly 800 addressed German domestic politics, criticising Chancellor Friedrich Mertz's government.
01:11And compared to previous content, these videos are getting more sophisticated.
01:16The thing is, with AI-generated content, is it's getting better, like, by the minute, actually.
01:22So if we were to talk to each other in three months, we would have an entirely new set of
01:27quality that we're looking at.
01:28CEMAS has not been able to identify who created the channels or determine whether the motivation was political, financial, or
01:36a combination of both.
01:37But researchers warned that as the technology improves, networks like this could manufacture entire groups of apparently independent experts,
01:46making some political narratives appear more accepted than they really are.
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