Category: Politics / Disinformation
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How Disinformation From a Russian AI Spam Farm Ended up on Top of Google Search Results
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A fake article about Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a $4.8 million Bugatti with US aid was promoted by bots, Russia state media, and pro-Trump influencers on X. It’s part of a network of websites supercharged by AI.
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Neo-Nazis Are All-In On AI
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Extremists are developing their own hateful AIs to supercharge radicalization and fundraising—and are now using the tech to make weapon blueprints and bombs. And it’s going to get worse.
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Foreign Influence Campaigns Don’t Know How to Use AI Yet Either
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OpenAI has released its first report, which details how bad actors in Russia, China, and beyond are using AI to spread propaganda. (Poorly.)
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Election Workers Are Drowning in Records Requests. AI Chatbots Could Make It Worse
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Experts worry that election deniers could weaponize chatbots to overwhelm and slow down local officials.
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An AI-Altered Hitler Speech Is Going Viral On X
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Two AI-altered clips of Hitler’s 1939 Reichstag speech have racked up millions of views on X after being shared by a far-right troll.
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AI Tools Are Still Generating Misleading Election Images
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Though AI companies said they put some guardrails in place, researchers were able to easily create images related to claims of election fraud.