<![CDATA["EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance.]]>"EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications"
Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance.
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-eu-ban-deepfakes-ai-generation-official-messages/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a2c07cf1-d160-416b-9307-8ad1b29203d0/eu-staff-banned-from-using-ai-generated-content-in-official-communications-can-confirm-we-don-t-use-ai-generated-images-on-our-socials-for-instance.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 00:48:50 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 12:54:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:56:46 GMT]]>@hpod16 If only Ze had got himself financed by Thiel, he'd get better coverage, as "the youthful, do-gooder" Sebastian Kurz once did.

I'm so glad our elected officials trip all over themselves to give Mathias Döpfner scoops in exchange for attention and a place on their cringe year-end list. why are they worse at taking care of Europeans and our shared public sphere than I was at taking care of my drunk friends in the club back in the Triassic?

https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/113612142843216133

@nihkeys @richlv

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/Veza85UE/statuses/116442333589172492https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/Veza85UE/statuses/116442333589172492Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:56:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:42:51 GMT]]>@Veza85UE @nihkeys @richlv 😮
Ok WTF?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116442278893861897https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116442278893861897Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:42:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:22:45 GMT]]>@nihkeys @richlv My pleasure. I used to have an entire folder of receipts because 🇪🇺 friends don't let 🇪🇺 friends click on One of the all-time classics:

https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/111487567167710407

@hpod16

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/Veza85UE/statuses/116442199822156208https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/Veza85UE/statuses/116442199822156208Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:22:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:05:55 GMT]]>@Veza85UE Thanks for this. I wasn't aware of the background. Also I think surviving being a "tech journalist" nowadays will likely require some kind of buy-in into the "AI is great"-narrative.

@richlv @hpod16

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/nihkeys/statuses/116441189940031017https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/nihkeys/statuses/116441189940031017Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:05:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:54:25 GMT]]>@hpod16 Politicians here in the U.S. don’t want people knowing the truth. Many of them don’t know the truth themselves!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stevo618/statuses/116438313561986465https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stevo618/statuses/116438313561986465Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:54:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:45:02 GMT]]>@hpod16 Yes!! 🙌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/115927938848594614/statuses/116438276696051148https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/115927938848594614/statuses/116438276696051148Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:45:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:42:05 GMT]]>@hpod16

In other words, it's okay so long as it's used internally, where no one can see, huh?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/TobiWanKenobi/statuses/116438265070205376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/TobiWanKenobi/statuses/116438265070205376Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:42:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:50:15 GMT]]>@hpod16 Great! Love that!
Thanks!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116068111881630023/statuses/116438061245445187https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116068111881630023/statuses/116438061245445187Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:50:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:39:51 GMT]]>@richlv @hpod16 @nihkeys Well, yes because

They're owned by Axel Springer and run by Mathias Döpfner. I don't know what their latest relationship status is with their former (?) investor Peter Thiel (they had a falling out at some point), but those names should give you an idea of what kind of coverage of EU matters in general and EU regulations on slop in particular you can expect. And yet, the Brussels bubble treats it as its "newspaper" of record.

https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE/113782773270529645

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/Veza85UE/statuses/116437784411437745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/Veza85UE/statuses/116437784411437745Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:39:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:31:14 GMT]]>@no_brainer
We also don't copy paste AI-generated text onto our socials if that's what you're getting at. Our content creators are pretty passionate writers, I don't think any of us are keen on outsourcing the creative part of our work to AI.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437750528729267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437750528729267Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:31:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:28:25 GMT]]>@brekke @nihkeys 🤷‍♀️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437739461295696https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437739461295696Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:28:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:27:48 GMT]]>@richlv @nihkeys
Also, there's no ban on experimenting and educating on AI. The commission isn't doing nothing in terms of trainings etc...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437737052873892https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437737052873892Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:27:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:20:24 GMT]]>@hpod16 @nihkeys Right?
Avoiding slop isn’t «doing nothing».

«Shoplifting isn’t great, but it’s better than doing nothing!»

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richlv/statuses/116437707937980405https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richlv/statuses/116437707937980405Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:20:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:19:09 GMT]]>@hpod16 Okay 👌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116262780862188078/statuses/116437703046462012https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116262780862188078/statuses/116437703046462012Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:19:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:52:06 GMT]]>> The risk that deepfakes could erode trust “should not paralyze you into doing nothing,” said Renout Van Zandycke, who runs the Belgian communications agency Exposure, which has advised several political parties. “Doing nothing is equally as bad.”

So spreading disinformation is only as bad as not doing it. Got it. Excellent advice.
@nihkeys @hpod16

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/brekke/statuses/116437596676945404https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/brekke/statuses/116437596676945404Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:52:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:49:28 GMT]]>@hpod16 👏👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/FaithfullJohn/statuses/116437586281018391https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/FaithfullJohn/statuses/116437586281018391Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:49:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:48:26 GMT]]>@hpod16 „Can confirm - we don't use AI generated *images* on our socials for instance.“

And how about the rest of the content? https://getmona.app/rich_text/172183068007

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116068111881630023/statuses/116437582268283312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116068111881630023/statuses/116437582268283312Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:48:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:37:31 GMT]]>@hpod16

However the next step is to do a scanning for sense in the handmade communication. 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_RyekDarkener_/statuses/116437539301075347https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_RyekDarkener_/statuses/116437539301075347Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:37:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:36:14 GMT]]>@nihkeys
No, I agree. The headline is nice and catchy, but the article reeks of commercial interests of the AI business people.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437534257224339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437534257224339Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:36:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:35:39 GMT]]>@hpod16 This is excellent news altogether. Thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/petrikas/statuses/116437531952224854https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/petrikas/statuses/116437531952224854Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:35:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:34:55 GMT]]>@petrikas
sometimes stuff like this slips through the cracks. In this case it's a photo montage with images taken from a stock photo portal, and the initial images were probably generated by AI and not labelled as such... We've become a lot more vigilant to this kind of thing since, and organised trainings for designers on AI, so they can better spot this kind of thing and understand why it's best to avoid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437529109314032https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437529109314032Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:34:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:30:26 GMT]]>@_elena
It's not exactly a new thing, it's just a recent politico article picking up on the Commission's staff guidelines that have been around for a while 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437511488185086https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/ap/users/115922644776520432/statuses/116437511488185086Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:30:25 GMT]]>@hpod16 Very glad to read this.

However, I'm fairly certain the artwork of these cards were AI-generated:

https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115439657380816824

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/petrikas/statuses/116437511429674048https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/petrikas/statuses/116437511429674048Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:30:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications" Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:20:15 GMT]]>@_elena @hpod16 based…

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