Russian Disinformation Campaign Targets AI Chatbots

Axios reports:

A Russian disinformation effort that flooded the web with false claims and propaganda continues to impact the output of major AI chatbots, according to a new report from NewsGuard, shared first with Axios. The study, which expands on initial findings from last year, comes amid reports that the U.S. is pausing its efforts to counter Russian cyber activities.

NewsGuard says that a Moscow-based disinformation network named “Pravda” (the Russian word for truth) is spreading falsehoods across the web. Rather than directly sway people, it aims to influence AI chatbot results.

“By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information,” NewsGuard said in its report.

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