AI and Online Disinformation

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, European Holocaust memorials and education centers warned that a fast‑growing wave of AI‑generated 'slop' is fabricating and distorting imagery of Nazi camps and victims, undermining efforts to preserve accurate memory of the genocide. Historians cited viral examples, including a fake photo of an emaciated man said to be at Flossenbürg and a child on a tricycle misrepresented as a 13‑year‑old Auschwitz victim, as part of a flood of AI images that now appear on some sites as often as once a minute. An open letter from multiple memorials says some of this content is clickbait exploiting the emotional impact of the Holocaust, while other images are crafted to trivialize or deny Nazi crimes—such as depictions of "well‑fed" prisoners meant to suggest camp conditions were not that bad. The Anne Frank Educational Center and Buchenwald foundation say this is already shaping how younger visitors, especially in far‑right strongholds, perceive the Nazi era, and they urge platforms to proactively combat AI history‑distortion and cut such accounts off from monetization. German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer backed the call, saying AI Holocaust imagery should be clearly labeled, removed when necessary and never used for profit, framing the issue as a matter of basic respect for millions murdered under Nazi rule.