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Production AI Institute public record · storm-1516 · observed 2026-05-10
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storm-1516 - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.

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observed 79d ago
storm-1516

What changed

Researchers reported that a network of 20 inauthentic YouTube channels used purportedly AI-generated avatars and voiceovers with deepfake-style thumbnails, as well as paid voice actors, to pose as Albertan commentators and promote false or misleading claims about Alberta secession and U.S. annexation. The channels allegedly drew nearly 40 million views and distorted political debate, reportedly undermining Canada's information ecosystem.

  • Foreign actors exploiting Alberta separatist debate to stoke discord, researchers sayhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separation-being-targeted-by-foreign-actors-seeking-to-stoke/
  • AI ‘slopaganda’ pushing Alberta separatism content: reporthttps://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/04/22/ai-slopaganda-content-alberta-separatism-report/
  • AI Incident Database - Incident 1481https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1481/

Timeline

  1. 10 May 2026Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives
    Incident82%
    • Foreign actors exploiting Alberta separatist debate to stoke discord, researchers sayhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separation-being-targeted-by-foreign-actors-seeking-to-stoke/
    • AI ‘slopaganda’ pushing Alberta separatism content: reporthttps://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/04/22/ai-slopaganda-content-alberta-separatism-report/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1481https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1481/
  2. 7 Sept 2025Russian Disinformation Campaign Reportedly Used AI-Generated Posts and Videos to Target 2025 Moldovan Parliamentary Elections
    Incident78%
    • Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistancehttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/business/russia-disinformation-trump.html
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1202https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1202/
  3. 11 May 2025'Pravda' Network, Successor to 'Portal Kombat,' Allegedly Seeding AI Models with Kremlin Disinformation
    Incident82%
    • A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russ…https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
    • Exclusive: Russian disinformation floods AI chatbots, study findshttps://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/exclusive-russian-disinfo-floods-ai-chatbots-study-finds
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 968https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/968/
  4. 7 Mar 2025Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections
    Incident82%
    • Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformationhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/world/europe/russia-germany-elon-musk-disinformation.html
    • AI-driven Russian disinformation campaign targets German electionshttps://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/ai-driven-russian-disinformation-campaign-targets-german-elections/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 929https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/929/
  5. 7 Mar 2025Russian Disinformation Campaign Allegedly Used Fake News Site 'KBSF-San Francisco News' and Deepfake Video to Falsely Accuse Kamala Harris of 2011 Hit-and-Run
    Incident82%
    • Fact Check: Kamala Harris hit-and-run story stems from unreliable websitehttps://www.reuters.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-hit-and-run-story-stems-unreliable-website-2024-09-20/
    • Deepfake con le IA: il caso della finta donna afroamericana che accusa Kamala Harris di averla investitahttps://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2024/09/09/news/deepfake_kamala_harris_donald_trump_fake_news_intelligenza_artificiale_alisha_brown-423488092/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 969https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/969/
  6. 7 Mar 2025Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax
    Incident82%
    • Russia Targets Harris with Rhino-Shooting Hoax and Fake Websitehttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russia-targets-harris-with-rhino
    • Putin's pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinoshttps://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/russia_china_iran_election_disinfo/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 972https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/972/
  7. 16 June 2024Synthetic Voice 'Olesya' by Storm-1516 Falsely Accuses Ukraine in U.S. Election Disinformation Campaign
    Incident78%
    • Russian Disinformation Videos Smear Biden Ahead of U.S. Electionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election.html
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 727https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/727/

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