Leading AI Models Reportedly Found to Mimic Russian Disinformation in 33% of Cases and to Cite Fake Moscow News Sites
Description
An audit by NewsGuard revealed that leading chatbots, including ChatGPT-4, You.com’s Smart Assistant, and others, repeated Russian disinformation narratives in one-third of their responses. These narratives originated from a network of fake news sites created by John Mark Dougan (Incident 701). The audit tested 570 prompts across 10 AI chatbots, showing that AI remains a tool for spreading disinformation despite efforts to prevent misuse.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- you.com
- xai
- perplexity
- openai
- mistral
- microsoft
- meta
- john-mark-dougan
- inflection
- anthropic
Alleged Developers
- you.com
- xai
- perplexity
- openai
- mistral
- microsoft
- meta
- inflection
- anthropic
Harmed Parties
- western-democracies
- volodymyr-zelenskyy
- ukraine
- secret-service
- researchers
- media-consumers
- general-public
- democratic-integrity
- ai-companies-facing-reputational-damage
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
Source
Related Incidents (Misinformation)
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