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Russia-linked Pravda network cited on Wikipedia, LLMs, and X - The embedding of Pravda network websites into Wikipedia is particularly concerning given Wikipedia’s significant role as a primary source of knowledge for LLMs

Pro-Kremlin content pollutes sources on multiple platforms, sparking worries of false claims and sanctioned content reaching global audiences

In contrast, French, German, and Polish Wikipedias, though less extensively compromised, consistently presented detailed chronological accounts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, biographies of key figures involved, and military events with specific regional relevance. To assess whether the Pravda network had already impacted these technologies, we conducted a simple test with modern LLMs, including ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity, and Gemini, to determine whether they would identify or warn users about content originating from these sources. Additionally, on BlueSky, an open-source intelligence analyst from InfoEpi Lab indicated that websites such as news-pravda had appeared as references in non-direct queries, further highlighting the potential contamination risks for knowledge-based AI systems.

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