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Iran’s state media ramps up disinformation campaign as the US-Iran conflict wages

Disinformation is spreading on Iran’s state media outlets, a new report warns.

Euronews

A First Amendment Lawsuit Challenges FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson's Vendetta Against NewsGuard

The commission has targeted the news rating company with onerous record demands and a merger condition aimed at cutting off its revenue.

Reason

Fake AI-generated videos shared by Musk about Venezuela received millions of views

Within hours of Donald Trump’s announcement that Venezuela’s president had been captured, social media was flooded with AI-generated media. Bryony Gooch reports

The Independent UK

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AI images of Maduro capture reap millions of views on social media

Lack of verified information and advanced AI tools make it difficult to separate fact from fiction on US attack

The Guardian - US

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI

When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

The Guardian - US

What Do Some Researchers Call Disinformation? Anything But Disinformation

"Disinformation" is fast becoming a dirty word in the United States -- a label so contentious in a hyperpolarized political climate that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether.

International Business Times

US Adversaries Stoke Kirk Conspiracy Theories, Researchers Warn

Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media are exploiting conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination to advance thousands of false claims aimed at undermining the United States and other adversaries, a research group warned Wednesday.

International Business Times

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False AI 'Fact-checks' Stir Online Chaos After Kirk Assassination

With a fire hose of misinformation surrounding the assassination of US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, social media users have turned to AI chatbots for reliable updates -- only to encounter contradictory or inaccurate responses, further fueling online confusion.

International Business Times

Which AI chatbot spews the most false information? 1 in 3 AI answers are false, study says

A new report has found that AI chatbots, including OpenAI and Meta’s models, include false information in every third answer.

Euronews

Trump Health Misinformation Swirls Despite Denial

From manipulated images to out-of-context photos, false claims that Donald Trump is seriously ill -- or even dead -- have swirled online, with the misinformation persisting even after the US president publicly rejected it on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Polar Bear Waltz: Fake Trump-Putin AI Images Shroud Ukraine Peace Effort

From a fake image of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin dancing in the snow with a polar bear to a fabricated photo of European leaders waiting somberly outside the Oval Office, AI-enabled disinformation has clouded the diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine.

International Business Times

Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit

From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Fake AI Photos Of Trump With Epstein Flood Internet

Fake AI-generated photos and videos purporting to show Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein socializing with underage girls have flooded social media, racking up millions of views, researchers said Friday.

International Business Times

Russian propaganda swamps Moldova ahead of elections

Moldova's geographical position and political makeup make it a prime target for pro-Russian, anti-EU disinformation.

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International Business Times

Tech-fueled Misinformation Distorts Iran-Israel Fighting

AI deepfakes, video game footage passed off as real combat, and chatbot-generated falsehoods -- such tech-enabled misinformation is distorting the Israel-Iran conflict, fueling a war of narratives across social media.

International Business Times

US Adversaries Fuel Disinformation About LA Protests

Russia, China and Iran are amplifying disinformation about protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles, researchers said Friday, adding to a surge of domestically generated falsehoods and conspiracy theories.

International Business Times

Musk's XAI Blames 'Unauthorized' Tweak For 'White Genocide' Posts

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup has blamed an "unauthorized modification" for causing its chatbot Grok to generate misleading and unsolicited posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa.

International Business Times

Misinformation Clouds Sean Combs's Sex Trafficking Trial

From doctored photos of sex-fueled parties to a racy AI-generated song, a flood of misinformation surrounding music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs threatens to distort public perception of his closely watched New York trial.

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Reason

Nina Jankowicz's Defense of Government Censors Is Based on Misinformation

"Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works," said Jankowicz.

Reason

Federal Judge Tosses Defamation Lawsuit Against NewsGuard

The self-styled watchdog site ranks news outlets' reliability, which has rankled those on both the right and left.

International Business Times

Hijacking News: Fake Media Sites Sow Ukraine Disinformation

A fake news website falsely claimed that Ukraine's president is paying Western reporters to tarnish US President Donald Trump -- part of a series of deceptive reports spread by Russian-linked portals mimicking media outlets.

International Business Times

Russian Disinformation 'Infects' AI Chatbots, Researchers Warn

A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when the United States is reported to have paused its cyber operations against Moscow.

International Business Times

After US Election, Kremlin Propagandist Sets Sights On German Vote

From a fabricated sex scandal to a fake museum heist, disinformation aimed at influencing Germany's high-stakes election is originating from dozens of AI-generated German sites apparently linked to a US fugitive turned Kremlin propagandist, researchers say.

Reason

How the FCC's 'Warrior for Free Speech' Became Our Censor in Chief

Brendan Carr has a clear record of threatening to suppress constitutionally protected speech.

The Guardian - UK

DeepSeek has ripped away AI’s veil of mystique. That’s the real reason the tech bros fear it

While privacy fears are justified, the main beef Silicon Valley has is that China’s chatbot is democratising the technology

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