Investigation | Talking Points: When chatbots surface Russian state media

As chatbots rival search engines as the go-to source for information, their vulnerability to state propaganda poses new risks for information integrity and urgent questions for regulators.

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Russia’s Defense Ministry Launches an AI-Generated, Anti-West News Show, Blurring the Line Between Satire and Propaganda

Commentary by McKenzie Sadeghi, NewsGuard’s AI and Foreign Influence Editor

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Le taux de fausses informations répétées par les chatbots d’IA a presque doublé en un an

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Russian Disinformation Campaign Targets Moldova’s Pro-EU President Ahead of Parliamentary Elections

By Eva Maitland

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Russia is quietly churning out fake content posing as US news

A pro-Russian propaganda group is taking advantage of high-profile news events to spread disinformation — and they’re spoofing reputable news outlets to do it.

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“Language that once clarified is now obscuring”: NewsGuard retires the labels “misinformation” and “disinformation”

The end of an era? Since its launch in 2018, NewsGuard has been in the business of labels. The company has rated the reliability of online news and information, giving publishers "nutrition labels" t...

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Commentary: Why We’re Moving Beyond “Misinformation” and “Disinformation”

Welcome to Reality Check, a newsletter that helps you keep track of the false claims and online conspiracy theories that shape our world — and who’s behind them.

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AI and Data Voids: How Propaganda Exploits Gaps in Online Information

Chatbots are absorbing and amplifying falsehoods seeded by Russia, China, and Iran, with few safeguards in place.

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Pro-Russian influence operation targeting Australia in lead-up to election

A pro-Russian influence operation has been targeting Australia in the lead-up to this weekend's federal election, the ABC can reveal, attempting to "poison" AI chatbots with propaganda.

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Transparent tools to counter misinformation for readers, brands, and democracies. Learn more about NewsGuard's ratings, access our latest reporting, and subscribe to our newsletter.

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Commentary: Russia Used to Deny Interfering. Now it’s Celebrating its Successes.

With fewer guardrails and more reach, Moscow openly cheers its disinformation wins.

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Commentary: The Truth About Russia’s New ‘Global Fact-Checking Network’

Russia’s initiative is not fact-checking, writes NewsGuard AI and Foreign Influence Editor McKenzie Sadeghi. It’s an effort to defend Russian disinformation.

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Russian propoganda is reportely influencing AI chatbot results

Russian propaganda may be influencing certain answers from AI chatbots including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s Meta AI, according to a new report. NewsGuard, a company that develops rating systems for news and information websites, claims to have found…

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Commentary: How Kremlin Propaganda Foreshadowed Trump’s Call for Ukrainian Elections

A pattern of projection: Russia’s disinformation claims reveal more about Russia than about its Western targets

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AI-generated slop is quietly conquering the internet. Is it a threat to journalism or a problem that will fix itself?

Three experts discuss the rise of low-quality content and its implications for the profession, the news industry and the public sphere.

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