Phil 7.2.2025

This whole thread is a really good example of why we need white hat AI:

JA Westenberg: “People are shocked to discover…” – Mastodon

Tasks

  • Call Thomey’s to set up an estimate
  • Groceries – done
  • Drop off Nordic Trac
  • Finish reading CA24150 – done

SBIRs

  • Not sure if anything is really happening this week. Summer seems to have finally slowed down to pre-COVID levels
  • Reach out to Katy and see if Elsevier is interested in KA – done

GPT Agents

AI and Data Voids: How Propaganda Exploits Gaps in Online Information | Lawfare (repeated from this entry a few days ago)

  • One of the strongest examples of this dynamic is the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to push the narrative that Ukrainian officials are embezzling Western aid to purchase villas, yachts, wineries, and sports cars. The campaign, as noted previously by Clemson University’s Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren in Lawfare, has been one of Storm-1516’s largest successes. These corruption narratives have reached high-profile figures including then-Republican Sen. JD Vance and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. As the BBC reported, those behind these corruption narratives “have achieved a level of success that had previously eluded them—their allegations being repeated by some of the most powerful people in the US Congress.”

A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’ | WIRED

  • A pro-Russia disinformation campaign is leveraging consumer artificial intelligence tools to fuel a “content explosion” focused on exacerbating existing tensions around global elections, Ukraine, and immigration, among other controversial issues, according to new research published last week.
  • The campaign, known by many names including Operation Overload and Matryoshka (other researchers have also tied it to Storm-1679), has been operating since 2023 and has been aligned with the Russian government by multiple groups, including Microsoft and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The campaign disseminates false narratives by impersonating media outlets with the apparent aim of sowing division in democratic countries. While the campaign targets audiences around the world, including in the US, its main target has been Ukraine. Hundreds of AI-manipulated videos from the campaign have tried to fuel pro-Russian narratives.