Ukraine demonstrates that artificial intelligence can simultaneously defend and amplify democratic narratives. On the defensive side, government centres, venture-backed start-ups and non-governmental organization watchdogs run machine-learning pipelines that produce real-time alerts on coordinated inauthentic behaviour, deepfake videos and narrative shifts. On the offensive side, ministries employ generative media — from multilingual subtitling to synthetic spokespeople such as “Victoria Shi” — to deliver rapid, values-aligned messages that galvanize support abroad and bolster morale at home, while precision deepfake “counterpunches” sow confusion in hostile audiences.
