A pro-Russian propaganda effort is using artificial intelligence as part of a vast operation to suggest that violence is likely to occur at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, according to Microsoft findings released Sunday.
Researchers found that one disinformation group used AI-generated audio to make it appear as if actor Tom Cruise had narrated a video titled Olympics Has Fallen, modeled after the 2013 action movie Olympus Has Fallen. The video, which spread in the fall of 2023, presented itself as a Netflix documentary, including the use of Netflix’s signature introduction that the company uses on all of its streaming videos.
The video also included falsified endorsements from well-known media outlets including The New York Times and the BBC.