A Moscow-Based 'News' Network Has Infected AI Tools with Russian Propaganda
a year ago
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- A Moscow-based disinformation network named 'Pravda' is deliberately infiltrating AI chatbot data to spread false claims and propaganda.
- The network aims to affect AI model responses on news topics rather than targeting human readers directly.
- By flooding search results with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network distorts how large language models process and present information.
- In 2024, 3,600,000 articles of Russian propaganda were incorporated into Western AI systems, infecting their responses.
- John Mark Dougan, an American fugitive turned Moscow propagandist, predicted this infection in a January talk to Russian officials.
- NewsGuard found that leading AI chatbots repeated false narratives from the Pravda network 33% of the time.