Residents of the Sochi high-rise accused officials of falsifying the report on the condition of the basement.

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Sochi officials, publishing a report on the condition of the basement in a five-story building, which does not meet the requirements for shelter from air raids, used neural networks; fake photos were published in Max, residents of the building stated. They have appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee of Russia.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", Sochi officials refused to equip a shelter in the basement of the five-story building No. 11 on Lesnaya Street, citing its non-compliance with standards, but they do not offer other options for protection from drones, residents complained in appeals to the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office. Residents from other areas of Sochi also pointed out the lack of available shelters.

On October 26, Sochi officials published a report in the Max messenger about their visit to house No. 11 on Lesnaya Street and posted their photos against the backdrop of the renovated basement. Residents of the house stated that city officials and management company employees used artificial intelligence for this.

"Officials illustrated the inspection of the emergency basement with a generated image, turning raw and abandoned walls into a 'model shelter'," said a resident of the house who introduced herself as Maria.

According to her, screenshots of the officials' publication and real photos were sent along with official complaints to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

A resident of the house Oleg discovered "a cheerful report publication from the field inspection." "In the published frames, officials stand against the backdrop of absolutely dry, even, and fresh walls," he told a correspondent of "Caucasian Knot". He forwarded the screenshots to the house chat.

"We, the residents of the house, were personally present at the inspection. Seeing the generated image, we were shocked by such a 'transformation'. Carefully examining the photo, we found clear signs of neural network interference," said a resident of the house Olga, who was personally present at the meeting with officials in the basement.

According to her, the residents of the house reported this in the officials' chat, who replied that they did this to improve the quality of the photo for 'light correction of the report', not to falsify the images. "They replied that it was for 'light correction'. In our house chat, we immediately joked: 'Can light correction change the anatomy of a hand? Or is it a product of AI?'" - she quoted a message in the house chat.

She also pointed out that "over the real dirt, mold, and communications, AI 'drew' smooth light surfaces, leaving blurred pixels at the joints with window frames" and provided before and after photos. "Instead of real repairs, our officials decided to resort to virtual 'show-off'," Olga was outraged.

Faced with evidence, the administrators of the public quietly replaced the generated image with a real photo of the devastation.

"When the deception was uncovered, a heated discussion erupted in the official chat of the MC. Faced with evidence, the administrators of the public quietly replaced the generated image with a real photo of the devastation," another resident of the house Elena. told a correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".

"They wrote back to us: 'We also inform you that the photo has been replaced.' Thus, they tried to justify themselves in the MC before us when we caught them red-handed. Our residents replied to them in the chat: 'It doesn't matter anymore. Since the fact of falsification has been recorded,'" she said.

According to her, "after that, the city hall in the Max chat switched to legal defense, bombarding the chat with excerpts from GOSTs and codes of rules (SP 473.1325800, SP 88.13330)." "Officials officially acknowledged that the basement cannot be a shelter and advised us, the residents, to hide in underground passages or corridors of our own apartments in case of danger. Although yesterday they recommended that we hide in the entrance, which is completely open. At the same time, alternative shelters on the maps of the regional application 'My Kuban' turned out to be indicated with gross errors in addresses," Elena said.

Lawyer Elena Pavlova, commenting on the situation to a correspondent of "Caucasian Knot", noted that "the use of neural networks to demonstrate non-existent results of work in the field of civil defense is crossing the red line of administrative offense." "If such falsified photos are used to report on commission inspections and, as a result, close budget acts of completed works, then the actions of the individuals show signs of Article 292 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (service forgery). The preserved screenshots of the initial post with AI generation and the fixation of the fact of photo substitution provide the prosecutor's office and the Investigative Committee with a solid evidentiary base," she believes.