Clickbait and ‘AI slop’ distort memory of HolocaustAFP, BERLINAn emaciated and apparently blind man stands in the snow at the Nazi concentration camp of Flossenbuerg: the image seems real at first but is part of a wave of AI-generated content about the Holocaust. Among the AI-generated images that have gone viral is one of a little girl with curly hair on a tricycle. EXPLOITING ‘EMOTIONAL IMPACT’Several Holocaust memorials and commemorative associations this month issued an open letter warning about the rising number of these “entirely fabricated” pieces of content. Groschek said that none of the American social media giants responded to the memorials’ letter, including Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. Some of the fake Facebook posts about Hannelore and Hank were still online on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Source: Taipei Times January 27, 2026 16:05 UTC