Clickbait and 'AI slop' distort memory of Holocaust

Visitors take a tour though the Nazi Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen on the eve on the International Holocaust Memorial Day in Oranienburg, Germany, on Jan 26, 2026. As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27, experts warn that such AI-generated content – whether produced as clickbait for commercial gain, or for political motives – threatens efforts to preserve the memory of Nazi crimes. — AP

BERLIN: An 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.

As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27, experts warn that such content – whether produced as clickbait for commercial gain, or for political motives – threatens efforts to preserve the memory of Nazi crimes.