AI-In-Precision-Persuasion-DIGITAL.pdf

## Executive Summary: This NATO StratCom COE report investigates how generative AI is being used for precision persuasion on social media—covering detection of AI-generated text and images, platform-specific patterns, illustrative cases (political ads, coordinated posts promoting conspiratorial narratives), a simulated red-team experiment on audience segmentation and prompt engineering, and legal implications such as the EU AI Act—concluding with recommendations for improved detection, transparency, and regulatory attention to mitigate misuse.