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In just hours, fake bot accounts boosted a 100% fake story from obscurity onto Google's front page. “In 2016, a disinformation operation like this would have likely required an army of computer trolls,” [an expert] said. “Today, thanks to generative AI, much of this seems to be done primarily by a single individual..."

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/how-disinformation-from-a-russian-ai-spam-farm-ended-up-on-top-of-google-search-results/

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