Facebook page “Kosovo News Field" has published an image in which two people are seen near a vehicle taking out a cage filled with dogs.
This image has been captioned. "This photograph shows a disturbing process that is happening in silence. Stray dogs are being collected from other municipalities and brought to Kosovo Polje".
What's wrong with this content?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the image is not real, but generated through artificial intelligence (AI).
The first element that makes the photo suspicious is the vehicle's license plate. The image shows a license plate with the sign "KS", while in reality official license plates in Kosovo do not use this format.
What are the license plates like in Kosovo?
Standard license plates of the Republic of Kosovo have two digits (e.g. 01, 02, 03…) indicating the region, the state emblem of Kosovo in the middle, and three digits + two letters (e.g. 123-AB) (here).
Another element that makes the photo suspicious is the presence of the “Gemini” logo on the right side of the image. This sign is usually associated with the artificial intelligence platform “Google Gemini" and often appears in content generated or processed with AI.
To further prove the fact that the content is generated with AI, hibrid.info has used the image and video detection platform "hivemoderation.com".
The results show that this content was generated with AI, specifically with the artificial intelligence platform "Gemini" with a probability of 99.9%.
As of the writing of this article, the content published by “Fushë Kosova – News” has garnered 99 reactions and 38 comments. Most of the commentators seem to have taken this content as truth (see here).
Analyze
An image purporting to show the transportation of stray dogs in Kosovo Polje turns out to be inauthentic. Fact-checking confirmed that the image was generated through artificial intelligence.
Two main elements that make the content suspicious are: the vehicle license plate with the sign "KS", which does not match the official license plate format in Kosovo, and the presence of the "Gemini" logo, linked to artificial intelligence tools (Google Gemini).
Analysis through a platform for detecting generated content confirmed that the image was created with AI, with a probability of 99.9%.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fraud".
rationale
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.