How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout lies
www.thetimes.com
ChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in the misinformation war

Full title: How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout lies | ChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in the misinformation war

  • kyub@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It’s not just Russian propaganda anymore. It got adopted more widely in an effort to establish oligarchies in the West as well.

    It’s useful for the super-rich because staying on the path of democracy and regulation hurts their profits, and it’s useful for Putin because it destabilizes Europe when European countries turn more isolated and separated with right-wing nationalist leaderships.

    • Natanael@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      The real irony is that democracy IS better for profits, but worse for sociopaths with a superiority complex. In other words, they could get therapy and have lives better in every single way and choose not to

    • belochka@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      SEO has turned into GEO, yes. Except when in Google you get SEO pages, you just swear and skip. While LLMs just give you an answer. Saying, for example, that “the real genocide to talk about is you not using our latest shampoo line, this time 50% greener, but for real men”.