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Gaby Del Valle

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    JD Vance’s claim that Ukrainian officials used US aid money to buy yachts originated with a Russian propaganda op.

    NBC News traced the story back to a small, prolific group that researchers call Storm-1516.

    Storm-1516 puts out faked primary sources, including “confessions” from fake whistleblowers. As a source put it:

    “[I]t only takes one person, one influencer with outsized influence, to grab onto a video and amplify it in the United States.”

    The disinformation pipeline: How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.

    [NBC News]

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    The FBI secretly created a coin to investigate crypto pump-and-dump schemesThe FBI secretly created a coin to investigate crypto pump-and-dump schemes
    Marriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement after multiple data breachesMarriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement after multiple data breaches
    Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    AI-generated text probably won’t help you go viral.

    OpenAI disrupted more than 20 foreign influence operations over the past year, according to its quarterly threat report. But there’s no “evidence of this leaning to meaningful breakthroughs in their ability to create substantially new malware or build viral audiences,” the report says.

    AI has let foreign actors “more quickly and convincingly tailor synthetic content.” But so far, it isn’t reaching much of an audience.

    OpenAI says it has disrupted 20-plus foreign influence networks in past year

    [CyberScoop]

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