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A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda…
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Triple Hearsay: Original Sources of the Claim that Haitians Eat Pets in Ohio Admit No First-Hand Knowledge
“I’m not sure I’m the most credible source because I don’t actually know the person who lost the cat,” Kimberly Newton told NewsGuard. She is the…
One Third of Americans Believe Russian Disinformation, NewsGuard-YouGov Survey Finds
A national survey found Americans are duped at alarming rates by Kremlin disinformation claims — and widely believe false claims across other topics
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Commentary: Russia Used to Deny Interfering. Now it’s Celebrating its Successes.
With fewer guardrails and more reach, Moscow openly cheers its disinformation wins.
DeepSeek Debuts with 83 Percent ‘Fail Rate’ in NewsGuard’s Chatbot Red Team Audit
The new Chinese AI tool finished 10th out of 11 industry players
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Russian Propaganda Campaign Targets France with AI-Fabricated Scandals, Drawing 55 Million Views on Social Media
As Paris emerges as one of the West’s top supporters of Ukraine, the infamous John Mark Dougan-powered Storm-1516 Russian disinformation operation is…
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Elon Musk’s 28 False Claims Get 825.2 Million Views
From $50 million taxpayer dollars for condoms in Gaza to a 40% pay increase for Congress, Musk is correct that some of his claims are “incorrect”
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Commentary: AI Made This Podcast — But We Made Sure it Got it Right
AI is increasingly used to propagate misinformation. It can also be a tool to fight falsehoods, NewsGuard Co-CEO Gordon Crovitz writes.
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TikTok Hosts Deceptive ‘Shark Tank’ Clips — for Profit
TikTok accounts looking to trick users into buying their products have been misrepresenting “Shark Tank” panelist Mark Cuban’s investment decisions…
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Sofia Rubinson
Commentary: The Truth About Russia’s New ‘Global Fact-Checking Network’
Russia’s initiative is not fact-checking, writes NewsGuard AI and Foreign Influence Editor McKenzie Sadeghi. It’s an effort to defend Russian…
AI Podcast: Harvard Gets Punked from Both Sides
Listen to a round-up of the top stories from NewsGuard’s Reality Check newsletter, narrated by AI hosts from Google’s NotebookLM.
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How the Kremlin Seeded a Black-Market Ukrainian Weapons Hoax
Kremlin propagandist John Mark Dougan is apparently behind a supposed whistleblower claiming that Ukraine uses Western aid to endanger the U.S.
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