TECH - Elon Musk's X Targeted By Russian AI-Driven Disinformation Campaign DOJ Says It Has Disrupted The 'Bot Farm' | Benzinga
The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that it has disrupted a Russian disinformation campaign, backed by the Kremlin and managed by state-controlled media.
What Happened: The DOJ said that it had taken down a “bot farm” network of nearly 1,000 accounts on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The network was using artificial intelligence to spread disinformation that favored the Russian government.
“Today’s actions represent a first in disrupting a Russian-sponsored Generative AI-enhanced social media bot farm,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. He went on to say that the bot farm was designed to disseminate AI-generated foreign disinformation, undermining Ukraine and influencing geopolitical narratives in Russia’s favor.
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