Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image is published showing Albin Kurti, the acting Prime Minister, at NATO headquarters, along with people wearing military uniforms, who appear to be NATO military officials.
This content was published on Monday (December 8) on Facebook by the page named "Latest news” and on Tuesday (December 9) from the account named “World News".
What is the truth?
Hibrid.info found that these images were generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
As of the time of writing, the content published by "Lajmet e Fundit" has received over 1 likes and 96 shares, while that of "Lajme Nga Bota" has over 280 likes. Comments are noted, from whose content it can be assessed that a part of the audience can believe what they see.
Based on the unnaturalness of the photo, hibrid.info checked the image through platforms that verify whether content is generated by AI.
According to the platforms "HiveModeration.com" and "WasItAI.com", it turns out that the image is highly likely to have been generated by AI.
Hibrid.info also checked Kurti's Facebook account to confirm a possible visit by him to NATO during the recent period. But nothing of the kind has been found (see here).
From Kurti's posts on Facebook and publications on the prime minister's website, it appears that his latest trips abroad are to the concert of the Kosovo Philharmonic and the Kosovo Opera Choir in Vatican (November 23), in commemoration of the 117th anniversary of the Congress of Manastir, North Macedonia (November 22) and at the European Union Growth Plan Summit in Tirana Tiranë, Albania (November 21).
While after researching using the search engine "Google", Kurti was present at NATO headquarters on April 29, 2021 and August 17, 2022, which is also confirmed by his Facebook posts (see here and here).
Analyze:
The image showing the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, at NATO headquarters is not real.
This content is generated by artificial intelligence.
Also, from recent reports, it does not appear that Kurti has visited this organization.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fraud".
Reasoning:
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.