Topic: election interference
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AI's New Role: Shaping Election Outcomes
AI is being repurposed from everyday tools to conduct affordable, automated political persuasion, seamlessly integrating into platforms like social media and voice assistants. The technology is alarmingly cheap, enabling targeted influence campaigns for under a million dollars for all U.S. voters...
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Bot Farms: The Hidden Architecture of Disinformation
Bot farms are central to modern disinformation, manipulating public opinion, influencing elections, and eroding trust in democratic institutions through automated networks. Automated bots accounted for 51% of web traffic in 2024, amplifying misleading content and creating a false sense of consens...
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AI-Powered Disinformation Threatens Democracy
AI-powered disinformation has evolved from human-run troll farms to autonomous systems, enabling a single person to control thousands of believable, adaptive social media accounts that operate in real time. These AI swarms can mimic human social dynamics, coordinate to achieve shared goals, and g...
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Denmark Accuses Russia of Cyberattack on Water Supply
Danish intelligence has formally attributed cyberattacks on critical infrastructure to the Russian state, identifying groups Z-Pentest and NoName057(16) as instruments of a hybrid warfare campaign against Western nations. The attacks, including a destructive strike on a water utility and disrupti...
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US Warns of Increased Iranian Cyber Threats After Military Strikes
The U.S. has issued urgent warnings about potential cyber threats from Iranian-backed groups following military strikes, citing risks of retaliation against American networks by both state-sponsored hackers and independent activists. A DHS advisory highlights increased cyber risks, with pro-Irani...
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