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A Russian Propaganda Network Is Promoting an AI-Manipulated Biden Video


Experts tell WIRED that Russian disinformation campaigns are using generative AI more and more.

The video features several Moscow-based actors—who spoke with Russian media outlet Agency.Media —but also appears to use artificial intelligence technology to make the actors resemble Biden and Trump, as well as Ilya Prusikin, the lead singer of Little Big. Among the prominent accounts sharing the video was Russian Market, which has 330,000 followers and is operated by the Swiss social media personality Vadim Loskutov, who is known for praising Russia and criticizing the West. A new report published this week from threat intelligence company Recorded Future highlighted this trend by revealing that a campaign, which has been linked to the Kremlin, has been using generative AI tools to push pro-Trump content on a network of fake websites.

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