Election-day AI poisoning in Germany
I measured what AI chatbots told Germans on election day, 20 September 2026. Meta AI, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot turned out to be infected with Kremlin propaganda
LLM researcher
AI and disinformation researcher
Pavel Gurov
Founder of Dosimeter, which monitors disinformation in AI answers. 18 years in digital, with clients like the British Council and the Stockholm School of Economics
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LecturesPavel speaks at events across Europe
- Lectures at Smart Forum, the Berlin community of women entrepreneurs
- Interviews as an expert on RBB Funkhaus Europa radio and OstWest TV
- A regular at workshops, masterclasses and hackathons hosted by Founders Hub Berlin, Projector University, Mozilla AI and Merantix AI Strategy Consulting
- Speaker at Social Media Week Kyiv, Ukraine's main digital marketing conference, hosted by Adweek and DepositPhotos
- Keynote speaker at the Medical Business Forum
- Interviews with Ukrainian startup founders in AI, augmented reality, online education and digital media
- Guest on local TV and radio
- Masterclass on Instagram features
- Online course recorded for Professura, the city's school for creators
- Lectures at the European Humanities University
- “Manipulation of public opinion in social media information wars”
- “Social media promotion for independent creators and researchers”
- Masterclass on social media promotion for business owners (Entrepreneurship Day Tallinn)
- Series of interviews about social media for business on ETV+, the Estonian public broadcaster
- Online Instagram course for small businesses, co-created with the Tallinn City Government
- Two-day in-person masterclass at My Advance, the Milan school for fashion entrepreneurs
- “Selling luxury on social media”
- “Content strategy for fashion brand accounts”
- “Instagram tools for promoting new clothing brands”
- Lectures for Brandclub Finland, the club of Helsinki brand owners
- “Social media in the Nordic countries: a guide for local brands”
- “AI for small business”
- “Social media tools for creators and small businesses”
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A regular at AI meetups: Founders Hub Berlin · Hermes Agent · Merantix AI Campus
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Gurov Digital Podcast
Over four years, the podcast repeatedly ranked #1 in its category in 6 countries.
The podcast has 1.4 million listens in total.
Selected episodes were pressed on vinyl in a limited edition for Patreon fans.
“Best New Podcasts of 2019” Apple Podcasts editorial team
