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Greek AI‑fabricated political scandal
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In early August 2026 the Greek daily Estia ran a front‑page story alleging that Foreign Minister George Gerapetridis Georgios Gerapetris had attended a secret dinner with PASOK figures Anna Diamantopoulou Diamanopoulou and Manolis Christodoulakis, suggesting a “government of resignation”. The article was accompanied by illustrated with an AI‑generated photograph depicting of the three together. three. All three politicians officials issued statements that the report was entirely false and defamatory, denied any private meeting, false, defamatory and condemned that the use of fabricated imagery. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis also denounced newspaper had not sought their comment. Gerapetris called the piece as fake news “absolute fantasy”, while Diamanopoulou and warned of its threat to democratic discourse. Later the same day, PASOK MP Manolis Christodoulakis reiterated the condemnation, describing the front‑page as a fabricated narrative threatened legal action and sending a sent cease‑and‑desist notice notices to the site that reproduced radar.gr. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakos condemned the material. He called for stricter verification standards for media using new digital tools. fabricated imagery as a danger to democracy. The incident episode has sparked broader heightened concerns in Greece about the manipulation of political narratives through AI‑generated content political misinformation and its impact on press credibility. credibility, prompting calls for stricter verification standards for media using digital tools.
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