The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has developed a new software suite, driven by Google Gemini, Open AI and Anthropic’s Claude, that helps party members generate so-called “rage bait” social media postings.
Central to the new campaign is the Alternita platform, registered to the AfD’s general secretary Hans-Holger Malcomeß, which promises users social media posts “in five minutes, with your positions, in your style, your branding”.
In the case of the AfD, an undercover investigation by Germany’s Correctiv outlet revealed how, in a few clicks, a populist article can be turned into provocative posts to flood social media feeds.
It’s complicated
The threshold in proving that a party is democracy damaging is quite high
https://freiheitsrechte.org/en/themen/starke-grundrechte-fuer-eine-lebendige-demokratie/afd-gutachten
It’s discussed for years now, but it seems like things start to look good. Just don’t hold your breath that it will happen fast