Incident 734: Leading AI Models Reportedly Found to Mimic Russian Disinformation in 33% of Cases and to Cite Fake Moscow News Sites

Description: An audit by NewsGuard revealed that leading chatbots, including ChatGPT-4, You.com’s Smart Assistant, and others, repeated Russian disinformation narratives in one-third of their responses. These narratives originated from a network of fake news sites created by John Mark Dougan (Incident 701). The audit tested 570 prompts across 10 AI chatbots, showing that AI remains a tool for spreading disinformation despite efforts to prevent misuse.

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Alleged: You.com , xAI , Perplexity , OpenAI , Mistral , Microsoft , Meta , Inflection , Google and Anthropic developed an AI system deployed by You.com , xAI , Perplexity , OpenAI , Mistral , Microsoft , Meta , John Mark Dougan , Inflection , Google and Anthropic, which harmed Western democracies , Volodymyr Zelenskyy , Ukraine , Secret Service , Researchers , Media consumers , General public , Electoral integrity and AI companies facing reputational damage.

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Incident ID

734

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Incident Date

2024-06-18

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Daniel Atherton

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Top 10 Generative AI Models Mimic Russian Disinformation Claims A Third of the Time, Citing Moscow-Created Fake Local News Sites as Authoritative Sources

newsguardtech.com

newsguardtech.com · 2024

Russian disinformation narratives have infiltrated generative AI. A NewsGuard audit has found that the leading chatbots convincingly repeat fabricated narratives from state-affiliated sites masquerading as local news outlets in one third of…

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