Tag: propaganda
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ISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda
The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has ramped up its recruitment efforts in the past year, American officials and analysts say, rolling out a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to persuade disaffected Muslims to carry out terror plots in the U.S. and other Western countries. The recent arrest of an Afghan accused of plotting an Election…
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An AI-powered bot army on X spread pro-Trump and pro-GOP propaganda, research shows
An army of political propaganda accounts powered by artificial intelligence posed as real people on X to argue in favor of Republican candidates and causes, according to a research report out of Clemson University. The report details a coordinated AI campaign using large language models (LLM) — the type of artificial intelligence that powers convincing,…