Russian fake news network floods western AI chatbots with millions of propaganda articles

A Moscow-based disinformation operation is systematically feeding Russian propaganda into Western AI systems through a vast network of fake news sites called "Pravda" (Russian for "trut [...]

How easily can Russian propaganda fool AI models? A new benchmark finds out

The Institute of the Estonian Language has released a benchmark measuring how susceptible AI language models are to Russian propaganda.<br /> The article How easily can Russian propaganda fool A [...]

Russia blocks Roblox, citing 'LGBT propaganda' as a reason

Russia has blocked the popular gaming platform Roblox, according to a report by Reuters. The country's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor accused the developers of distributing extremist materi [...]

Russia's recent blocking of Telegram is reportedly disrupting its military operations in Ukraine

A decision to ban Telegram on home soil may have backfired on the Kremlin. Last week, Russia went on a blocking spree, banning a number of Western apps in an effort to push domestic users towards Max, [...]

Russian regulators are trying to seize assets from the developers of World of Tanks

Top executives from Wargaming and Lesta Games, the joint developers of World of Tanks, could have their stakes in their respective companies seized by the Russian government, according to reports from [...]

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. [...]

China exports state propaganda with low-cost open source AI models

An audit by NewsGuard found that leading Chinese AI models repeat or fail to correct pro-Chinese false claims 60 percent of the time.<br /> The article China exports state propaganda with low-co [...]

Iranian propaganda images made with AI end up in major German media outlet

Der Spiegel has removed several images from its Iran coverage because they were most likely generated or altered by AI.<br /> The article Iranian propaganda images made with AI end up in major G [...]

The Morning After: Google gives Android its own show

Google I/O is usually where the company reveals what’s happening with its smartphone OS for the next 12 months, but this year, Android is getting its own thing. A week ahead of I/O, Google will deep [...]