{"id":31730,"date":"2026-10-03T02:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T02:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=31730"},"modified":"2026-10-03T02:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T02:49:07","slug":"ai-sings-russias-war-story-inside-the-rise-of-generative-songs-about-ukraine-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=31730","title":{"rendered":"AI sings Russia&#8217;s war story: Inside the rise of generative songs about Ukraine conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134650759,imgsize-86632,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conference-waic-in-shanghai.jpg\" alt=\"AI sings Russia's war story: Inside the rise of generative songs about Ukraine conflict\" title=\"Among the songs whose release dates could be established, most appeared after 2024. (Reuters photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Among the songs whose release dates could be established, most appeared after 2024. (Reuters photo)\">Among the songs whose release dates could be established, most appeared after 2024. (Reuters photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Artificial intelligence is being used to produce a growing number of songs about the Russia-Ukraine war, with some of the music presenting Russia&#8217;s invasion in a favourable light and criticising Ukraine.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Hundreds of such tracks have appeared on major music streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Deezer, according to research by Terrecon, a Ukrainian nonprofit organisation focused on threat intelligence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The songs cover a wide range of musical styles, from ballads to heavy metal. Terrecon said some praise Russian soldiers, describe the war from a Russian perspective and contain derogatory references to Ukrainians, including ethnic slurs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>One of the more popular tracks identified by the organisation is \u201cPower of Artillery\u201d, a Russian-language rock song centred on artillery systems including Krasnopol and Carnation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Nearly 1,000 songs identified<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Terrecon said it catalogued 981 songs created with AI that contained what it classified as pro-Russian war propaganda.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Among the songs whose release dates could be established, most appeared after 2024. That coincided with the wider availability of AI music generators such as Sudo and Udio.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The technology has lowered the time and cost involved in producing music, according to Daria Verbytska, a founder of Terrecon.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cThey have found new ways to create cheaper drones and use them on a massive scale,\u201d Daria Verbytska, a founder of Terrecon, said told NYT in a telephone interview, referring to the Russians. \u201cIt\u2019s like that with music \u2014 creating massive propaganda with the help of AI\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Some of the songs use themes associated with Soviet-era war music but present them through contemporary genres. <!-- -->One track, \u201cSoldier&#8217;s Daughter\u201d, describes the death of a soldier and the impact on his child while also portraying the soldier&#8217;s sacrifice in a positive light.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>It is not clear how much involvement, if any, the Russian government has had in producing or distributing the songs. However, the Kremlin has supported cultural projects aimed at promoting patriotic themes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Last week, a director of Moscow&#8217;s Internet Development Institute, an organisation that works closely with the Kremlin to promote patriotic values, said in a presentation that the institute had supported more than 350 artistic projects related to the war, according to Russian media reports.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>AI tools can produce war-related music<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Terrecon also tested several AI music generators to see how they responded to prompts requesting songs promoting Russian views of the war.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Researchers used Suno, Udio and Google Flow Music in the US, along with Singapore-based Mureka. They entered prompts in both Russian and English, including requests involving violence and derogatory descriptions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>The platforms rejected some prompts, but researchers said they were nevertheless able to generate songs resembling some of those in Terrecon&#8217;s database. <!-- -->They then uploaded the tracks to YouTube Music and SoundCloud.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>\u201cThe moderation systems mainly responded to specific banned words rather than the overall meaning of the prompts,\u201d Terrecon\u2019s report found.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>The researchers said the issue is partly linked to the differing rules adopted by AI music services and streaming platforms. They also said automated systems may have difficulty identifying expressions, slang and offensive language in different languages.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Streaming platforms tighten AI rules<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>Major music platforms generally have policies covering hate speech and violent content, although fewer have specific rules dealing with propaganda.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/>Deezer and YouTube are among the platforms that require certain AI-generated content to be labelled. Spotify said in September that it had introduced a policy to label AI-generated songs and prevent them from being recommended to users. The company also added labels to songs shared by The New York Times as examples.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"52\"\/>Terrecon said the songs it identified had been played millions of times across major streaming services, although the extent to which listeners understood that some of the music was AI-generated or politically motivated is unclear.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"54\"\/>Deezer spokesman Jesper Wendel said the platform reviews potentially rule-breaking content on a case-by-case basis.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"57\"\/>SoundCloud spokeswoman Sade Ayodele said the company reviews reported content and added that \u201cthere is no place on SoundCloud for content that incites or glorifies violence.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"60\"\/>The emergence of these songs illustrates how AI music tools can be used to produce and distribute large volumes of war-related material. It also presents streaming and AI companies with the challenge of deciding how existing rules on hate speech, violence, political content and AI-generated material should apply to such music.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/europe\/ai-sings-russias-war-story-inside-the-rise-of-generative-songs-about-ukraine-conflict\/articleshow\/134650594.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the songs whose release dates could be established, most appeared after 2024. (Reuters photo) Artificial intelligence is being used to produce a growing number of songs about the Russia-Ukraine war, with some of the music presenting Russia&#8217;s invasion in a favourable light and criticising Ukraine.Hundreds of such tracks have appeared on major music streaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen-150x150.avif","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen-300x169.avif","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/file-photo_-an-ai-artificial-intelligence-sign-is-seen-at-the-world-artificial-intelligence-conferen.avif"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Among the songs whose release dates could be established, most appeared after 2024. 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