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Evidence poisoning is the contamination of the open web with synthetic, manipulated or amplified material that later appears useful as investigative evidence. In an age of AI slop, fake personas, recycled footage and algorithmic summaries, OSINT practitioners must ask not only whether a source can be found, but whether it was manufactured to be found.

AI isn’t just speeding up OSINT - it’s reshaping what investigators and leaders believe is true. As hallucinations, data poisoning, and AI-generated narratives flood the information space, critical thinking is collapsing inside intelligence cycles. This blog exposes how AI-shaped distortions already influence investigations, threat intelligence, and decision-making and what must be done to stop the next intelligence failure.