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I-06 · “AI / no fire” statements

Alo: “there was no real fire”

Verified 7 Oct 2026, 23:51 · Alo

Quote (original Serbian)

Aleksandar Vučić rekao je na Informer televiziji da se društvenim mrežama širila fotografija koja je trebalo da pokaže da Niška tvrđava gori, ali da je, prema njegovim rečima, slika napravljena pomoću veštačke inteligencije i da stvarnog požara nije bilo.

Translation

Aleksandar Vučić said on Informer television that a photo meant to show Niš Fortress burning had spread on social media, but that, in his words, the picture was made with artificial intelligence and there was no real fire.

What is shown

Headline: “People believed Niš Fortress burned” — Vučić showed how he sees a war of fake images. The same article also quotes “They did light flares. But that is not a fire”.

ExhibitI-06 · “AI / no fire” statements
Published7 Oct 2026, 23:51 (CEST)
Status Verified Time or content confirmed directly from the platform or the page metadata.
MethodFrom the page metadata (article:published_time)
Platform Web article
AccountAlo
Nevena Anđelković
Typearticle
URLhttps://www.alo.rs/izbori-2026/16989289/ljudi-poverovali-da-je-niska-tvrdjava-izgorela-vucic-pokazao-kako-vidi-rat-laznim-slikama.html
Accessed9 Oct 2026

How it was verified

Metadata: 2026-10-07T23:51:00+02:00. Quote verified verbatim.

Suggested citation

Exhibit I-06, Zbor Palilula Niš, „Alo: “there was no real fire”“, https://zborpalilulanis.com/ai-zapaljena-tvrdjava/en/item.php?id=I-06; original: https://www.alo.rs/izbori-2026/16989289/ljudi-poverovali-da-je-niska-tvrdjava-izgorela-vucic-pokazao-kako-vidi-rat-laznim-slikama.html; accessed 9 Oct 2026.

Related exhibits

I-01 Instagram Derived

Vučić: “Well, that’s artificial intelligence”

Published
8 Oct 2026, 13:36:58
Account
@nistv.rs
Type
reel (video)
Speaker
Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic

Said live on TV Informer (“Kolegijum” show) on the evening of 7 Oct 2026, before 23:51. The clip was posted by Niš TV. According to media transcripts, the speaker claims the photo of the fire is “artificial intelligence” while admitting that flares were lit.

„Mene zovu ovi ljudi, kažu: ’Ajde, molim te, demantuj da gori tvrđava’. Ajde, bre, kažem, ćuti, bre, budalo, ne pričaj gluposti. […] Kaže: ’Evo ti fotografija’. Ja kažem: ’Pa to ti je veštačka inteligencija’“ (N1) · „Ja ću sutra ili prekosutra da zapalim svoje auto na slici i videćete kako gori moj auto“ · „Jesu palili baklje. Ali to nije požar“ (Alo) / „Oni jesu palili baklje na Tvrđavi, ali kakve to veze ima sa požarima?“ (Južne vesti)
“These people call me and say: ‘Come on, please deny that the fortress is burning.’ Come on, I say, shut up, you fool, don’t talk nonsense. […] He says: ‘Here’s a photo.’ I say: ‘Well, that’s artificial intelligence’” (N1) · “Tomorrow or the day after I’ll set my own car on fire in a picture and you’ll see my car burning” · “They did light flares. But that is not a fire” (Alo) / “They did light flares on the Fortress, but what does that have to do with fires?” (Južne vesti)