‘Hidden’ racial slurs are flooding across Russian media, AI study reveals

A glut of racial slurs hidden in slang has emerged in Russian digital media. The insults were discovered by Osavul, a Ukrainian startup that uses AI to analyse information threats. Osavul tapped language models to conduct a cross-platform survey of racial discourse in Russia. The system scanned over 5,000 messages across news sites and social media platforms, from US giants Facebook and X to Russian kingpins Telegram and VK. The system highlighted the rise of various epithets for neighbouring countries, …

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