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Russian intelligence controls warlord's disinformation empire with AI


The infamous Russian disinformation troll factory founded by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was thought to shut down after his death, but Scripps News has learned his sprawling disinformation empire never stopped and Artificial Intelligence is amplifying its reach.

"The FBI stands for the Foundation for Battling Injustice," says Linvill, the co-director of the Watt Family Innovation Center Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University. Prigozhin also founded an infamous Russian troll farm that generated fake personas on social media in a mission to influence American elections. Suspects charged in Russia concert hall attack that killed over 130 The court ordered that the men, all of whom are citizens of Tajikistan, be held in pre-trial custody until May 22.

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