German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.
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No idea why they posted an AI generated photo, but there were still a lot of injured officers.
64 Polizisten bei Zweitligaspiel in Magdeburg verletzt
Bei der Zweitliga-Begegnung gegen Dynamo Dresden ist es in Magdeburg zu Ausschreitungen im Stadion und in der Stadt gekommen. Mindestens 64 Polizisten wurden laut Innenministerium verletzt.
tagesschau.de (www.tagesschau.de)
@simonriley @wakame @davidculley Immer daran denken: Da steht nicht, wodurch die Verletzung ausgelöst wurde.
Ich nehme mit Sicherheit keine Hools in Schutz, aber schon wenn jemand sich einen Fuß umknickt oder das eigene Tränengas einatmet zählt das in die Statistik.
Eigentlich unverständlich, dass das immer noch als Benchmark für die Schwere von Krawallen genommen wird.
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German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.
After a soccer match with believable hooligan violence against police officers, the German union of police officers (GdP) rightly condemns violence against police officers.
However, instead of using real footage for their press release² of the actual violence that was actually committed, they used some AI-generated fake image and denoted that fact only with a teeny-tiny note in the corner, saying "AI-generated: ChatGPT".
I find this very problematic.
The news report mentioned several injured police officers, some badly injured, and the fake image shows an officer bleeding from his forehead. I have no way to know if any officer was actually bleeding from his head or if this is an exaggeration to make a point. In a time when politicians call for ever more surveillance and ever more power for police officers, this can function as dangerous misinformation.
Especially considering that the Nazis are growing ever stronger and our so-called democratic political parties are building a police state for them. Manufacturing consent using fake images of violence against police officers is dangerous.
Although this was a soccer match, not an anti-genocide protest, and soccer matches occasionally attract violent hooligans, protests are almost always peaceful. At least until the police starts the violence and beats up anyone who protests against fossil fuels or genocide. If we allow police to use AI-generated images in their press releases, then we cannot believe them anything anymore at all. If people still believe them, anyway.
Condemning violence only when it hits them is also hypocritical.
Police is already instigating and inciting against imagined "violent radical leftists", even before/without the use of AI fakes.
The GdP isn't innocent. Just two months ago when the modern NSDAP wanted to start their Hitler Youth equivalent and people peacefully blocked the roads, whereafter the police played taxi for officially recognized Nazis, the GdP said "the radical leftists showed their ugly face and violence".
It's inacceptable for the police to fake images of violence against police.
¹ Sachsen, not even the infamous Berlin police
² https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden
@davidculley
Not to forget, the injured policemen statistics include the ones who have sprained their ankle when exiting their vehicle or tripped over stuff or just feel down without anyone's involvement. -
@simonriley @wakame @davidculley Immer daran denken: Da steht nicht, wodurch die Verletzung ausgelöst wurde.
Ich nehme mit Sicherheit keine Hools in Schutz, aber schon wenn jemand sich einen Fuß umknickt oder das eigene Tränengas einatmet zählt das in die Statistik.
Eigentlich unverständlich, dass das immer noch als Benchmark für die Schwere von Krawallen genommen wird.
@eingemaischt @wakame @davidculley
Berechtigter Einwand, wir wissen nicht, was die Verletzungen genau waren.
Dass aber BeamtInnen zur Behandlung ins Krankenhaus gehen, ist dennoch eher ungewöhnlich. Die von dir angesprochenen Verletzungen werden, wenn überhaupt, ambulant behandelt.
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@eingemaischt @wakame @davidculley
Berechtigter Einwand, wir wissen nicht, was die Verletzungen genau waren.
Dass aber BeamtInnen zur Behandlung ins Krankenhaus gehen, ist dennoch eher ungewöhnlich. Die von dir angesprochenen Verletzungen werden, wenn überhaupt, ambulant behandelt.
@simonriley @wakame @davidculley das sind dann aber auch nur 16 statt 64 aus der Headline. Und selbst die Zahl ist manipulierbar.
Noch einmal det Disclaimer : Ich weiß nicht, was hier abging. Es geht mir nur darum zu betonen, dass die Zahl der Verletzten kein Benchmark ist.
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@gme @davidculley This might to be covered by EU Regulation 2024/1689 "KI-Verordnung" somewhere in Article 5.
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@davidculley GdP != P(olice) their takes are often leaning far right demanding more surveillance and more rights for the police and so on. I am not surprised.
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@davidculley
Not to forget, the injured policemen statistics include the ones who have sprained their ankle when exiting their vehicle or tripped over stuff or just feel down without anyone's involvement.@realn2s Yes, for protests against fossil fuels or genocide, I don't trust their statistics one bit. For soccer matches with violent hooligans who throw stones, I am much more inclined to believe that the police officers were actually injured by a stone thrown at them, rather than by tripping over themselves.
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No idea why they posted an AI generated photo, but there were still a lot of injured officers.
64 Polizisten bei Zweitligaspiel in Magdeburg verletzt
Bei der Zweitliga-Begegnung gegen Dynamo Dresden ist es in Magdeburg zu Ausschreitungen im Stadion und in der Stadt gekommen. Mindestens 64 Polizisten wurden laut Innenministerium verletzt.
tagesschau.de (www.tagesschau.de)
@simonriley @wakame @davidculley Warum gibt's dann nur ein gefälschtes Bild von ausgedachten Verletzungen?
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@simonriley @wakame @davidculley Warum gibt's dann nur ein gefälschtes Bild von ausgedachten Verletzungen?
@fabio Es gibt nicht "nur" das fake image.
Im wohlwollendendsten Fall nehme ich an, dass die verantwortliche Person es einfach bequemer fand, mittels ChatGPT innerhalb von 5 Minuten ein geeignetes Bild zu haben, als sich ewig lang durch Videos auf der Suche nach einem geeignete Frame zu wühlen. Nochmal: Das ist der wohlwollendste Fall ohne Täuschungsabsicht.
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German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.
After a soccer match with believable hooligan violence against police officers, the German union of police officers (GdP) rightly condemns violence against police officers.
However, instead of using real footage for their press release² of the actual violence that was actually committed, they used some AI-generated fake image and denoted that fact only with a teeny-tiny note in the corner, saying "AI-generated: ChatGPT".
I find this very problematic.
The news report mentioned several injured police officers, some badly injured, and the fake image shows an officer bleeding from his forehead. I have no way to know if any officer was actually bleeding from his head or if this is an exaggeration to make a point. In a time when politicians call for ever more surveillance and ever more power for police officers, this can function as dangerous misinformation.
Especially considering that the Nazis are growing ever stronger and our so-called democratic political parties are building a police state for them. Manufacturing consent using fake images of violence against police officers is dangerous.
Although this was a soccer match, not an anti-genocide protest, and soccer matches occasionally attract violent hooligans, protests are almost always peaceful. At least until the police starts the violence and beats up anyone who protests against fossil fuels or genocide. If we allow police to use AI-generated images in their press releases, then we cannot believe them anything anymore at all. If people still believe them, anyway.
Condemning violence only when it hits them is also hypocritical.
Police is already instigating and inciting against imagined "violent radical leftists", even before/without the use of AI fakes.
The GdP isn't innocent. Just two months ago when the modern NSDAP wanted to start their Hitler Youth equivalent and people peacefully blocked the roads, whereafter the police played taxi for officially recognized Nazis, the GdP said "the radical leftists showed their ugly face and violence".
It's inacceptable for the police to fake images of violence against police.
¹ Sachsen, not even the infamous Berlin police
² https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden@davidculley also worth noting that police that walks through smoke clouds of pyro is counted as injured.
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@fabio Es gibt nicht "nur" das fake image.
Im wohlwollendendsten Fall nehme ich an, dass die verantwortliche Person es einfach bequemer fand, mittels ChatGPT innerhalb von 5 Minuten ein geeignetes Bild zu haben, als sich ewig lang durch Videos auf der Suche nach einem geeignete Frame zu wühlen. Nochmal: Das ist der wohlwollendste Fall ohne Täuschungsabsicht.
@davidculley Okay, wo finde ich dann die echten Bilder der verletzten Polizist*innen? Weder die GdP Propaganda noch der MDR Artikel enthalten auch nur ein einziges.
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@wakame In a tiny footnote that they added >> after several people complained <<, they even write:
> Zur Verdeutlichung und Transparenz weisen wir noch einmal darauf hin, dass es sich bei der Darstellung um ein KI-generiertes Bild handelt, welches nicht die eigentliche Einsatzsituation vorgeben soll.
Translation: "To make it clear, and for transparency, we point out again that the image is AI-generated and not supposed to show what truly happened."
What the fuck?!
1. They admit to lying.
2. Instead of removing their lies (or not posting them in the first place), they add a teeny tiny footnote, saying not to believe what they post.Source: https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden
@davidculley
We should be 'glad' that they still bother posting any disclaimer, however teeny tiny, whatsoever. The next step is to just post AI generated content without disclaimers.We live in an age where it's becoming harder and harder to tell truth from fiction, thanks to AI and people are willingly embracing it.
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No idea why they posted an AI generated photo, but there were still a lot of injured officers.
64 Polizisten bei Zweitligaspiel in Magdeburg verletzt
Bei der Zweitliga-Begegnung gegen Dynamo Dresden ist es in Magdeburg zu Ausschreitungen im Stadion und in der Stadt gekommen. Mindestens 64 Polizisten wurden laut Innenministerium verletzt.
tagesschau.de (www.tagesschau.de)
@simonriley
If that's the point they wanted to draw attention to, then they should've used actual images from the actual event.All they've achieved instead is shifting the focus to the utterly unnecessary use of AI, and the untrustworthiness of their institution.
I care infinitely more about that than the 64 injured officers.
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@davidculley GdP != P(olice) their takes are often leaning far right demanding more surveillance and more rights for the police and so on. I am not surprised.
@davidculley @zaphodb Ja, Polizei ≠ GdP.
Aber kann es sein, dass du die GdP mit der DPolG verwechselst?
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@davidculley Klar, ich denke aber auch, dass der naheliegende Grund für die Verwendung ist, dass es kein echtes Bild gibt. Sonst müsste es ja irgendwo zu finden sein.
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@davidculley du solltest aber vielleicht in deinem Post klarifizieren, dass das Bild nicht von der Polizei selbst benutzt wurde. Sondern nur von einer Gewerkschaft.
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@gme Law currently isn't worth much in Germany.
@davidculley @gme how so?
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German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.
After a soccer match with believable hooligan violence against police officers, the German union of police officers (GdP) rightly condemns violence against police officers.
However, instead of using real footage for their press release² of the actual violence that was actually committed, they used some AI-generated fake image and denoted that fact only with a teeny-tiny note in the corner, saying "AI-generated: ChatGPT".
I find this very problematic.
The news report mentioned several injured police officers, some badly injured, and the fake image shows an officer bleeding from his forehead. I have no way to know if any officer was actually bleeding from his head or if this is an exaggeration to make a point. In a time when politicians call for ever more surveillance and ever more power for police officers, this can function as dangerous misinformation.
Especially considering that the Nazis are growing ever stronger and our so-called democratic political parties are building a police state for them. Manufacturing consent using fake images of violence against police officers is dangerous.
Although this was a soccer match, not an anti-genocide protest, and soccer matches occasionally attract violent hooligans, protests are almost always peaceful. At least until the police starts the violence and beats up anyone who protests against fossil fuels or genocide. If we allow police to use AI-generated images in their press releases, then we cannot believe them anything anymore at all. If people still believe them, anyway.
Condemning violence only when it hits them is also hypocritical.
Police is already instigating and inciting against imagined "violent radical leftists", even before/without the use of AI fakes.
The GdP isn't innocent. Just two months ago when the modern NSDAP wanted to start their Hitler Youth equivalent and people peacefully blocked the roads, whereafter the police played taxi for officially recognized Nazis, the GdP said "the radical leftists showed their ugly face and violence".
It's inacceptable for the police to fake images of violence against police.
¹ Sachsen, not even the infamous Berlin police
² https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden@davidculley L’un des principaux syndicats de #police allemands, qui représente plus de 180 000 personnes, publie une fausse image, générée par #IA, en « une » d’un de ses sites web, pour illustrer les émeutes survenues à Magdebourg en marge d’un match de foot.
https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden -
Gut gesagt @davidculley?
So als Aufschlag oder Steilpass vielleicht.
Das ist ja wohl oberste Schublade populistische demagogische Fakenews.
Das gleiche von Opfern staatlicher Gewalt, z.B. in Sachen foltern mit Schmerzgriffen und es hagelt Gerichtsverfahren, Hausdurchsuchungen und Pressepranger.
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German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.
After a soccer match with believable hooligan violence against police officers, the German union of police officers (GdP) rightly condemns violence against police officers.
However, instead of using real footage for their press release² of the actual violence that was actually committed, they used some AI-generated fake image and denoted that fact only with a teeny-tiny note in the corner, saying "AI-generated: ChatGPT".
I find this very problematic.
The news report mentioned several injured police officers, some badly injured, and the fake image shows an officer bleeding from his forehead. I have no way to know if any officer was actually bleeding from his head or if this is an exaggeration to make a point. In a time when politicians call for ever more surveillance and ever more power for police officers, this can function as dangerous misinformation.
Especially considering that the Nazis are growing ever stronger and our so-called democratic political parties are building a police state for them. Manufacturing consent using fake images of violence against police officers is dangerous.
Although this was a soccer match, not an anti-genocide protest, and soccer matches occasionally attract violent hooligans, protests are almost always peaceful. At least until the police starts the violence and beats up anyone who protests against fossil fuels or genocide. If we allow police to use AI-generated images in their press releases, then we cannot believe them anything anymore at all. If people still believe them, anyway.
Condemning violence only when it hits them is also hypocritical.
Police is already instigating and inciting against imagined "violent radical leftists", even before/without the use of AI fakes.
The GdP isn't innocent. Just two months ago when the modern NSDAP wanted to start their Hitler Youth equivalent and people peacefully blocked the roads, whereafter the police played taxi for officially recognized Nazis, the GdP said "the radical leftists showed their ugly face and violence".
It's inacceptable for the police to fake images of violence against police.
¹ Sachsen, not even the infamous Berlin police
² https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden@davidculley Is it The Attack of the Clones? These guys all have the same face, am I right?
