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Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
news
11 min read
A website operating as the Hanover Institute for Public Policy published 124 pro-Israel reports totaling more than 560,000 words between 6 and 14 August, using a thinktank identity with no apparent legal entity, physical address, named staff or report bylines. Its question-form headlines mirror chatbot prompts and frame subjects including Gaza casualties, starvation allegations, Palestinian displacement and genocide claims as neutral research. Piro Inc registered the site with the US justice department as material distributed for the Israeli government under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The site initially used an llms.txt file from Res, a platform that markets tools to help content gain citations from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini. Res founder Hai Tran registered as a Piro subcontractor and digital strategist on the Israeli account. A contract involving Havas Media commits another US firm to deploying websites and content intended to produce “GPT framing results on GPT conversations.” Researcher Nick Cleveland-Stout said publishing material into web repositories such as Common Crawl could influence future model training without visible source citations. US filings show Havas Media Germany paid Clock Tower X $15 million and Targeted Communications Global about $9.9 million in late 2025 and early 2026; Piro held $1 million in work orders. Israeli officials have questioned the campaign’s effectiveness as US polling has shown worsening views of Israel. Israel’s foreign ministry has said it does not conduct US influence operations and follows US law, while Piro said it supplies accurate, sourced information.
The Pentagon is running an AI propaganda mill targeting Latin America
news
10 min read
The Pentagon is utilizing an AI-driven content mill called La Tilde to disseminate propaganda to internet users in Latin America. La Tilde, which publishes articles in both Spanish and English, aims to present itself as a modern media brand for Latin American audiences.
We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran
news
6 min read
Viral AI videos created in a Lego aesthetic depict pro-Iran propaganda featuring themes of conflict, including dying children and fighter jets. These videos have been identified as powerful tools for influencing public perception.
When Virality Is the Message: The New Age of AI Propaganda
opinion
8 min read
In March 2026, AI-generated videos featuring American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as LEGO minifigures spread across social media. These videos, often set to catchy AI-generated rap tracks, depicted narratives of war, including imagery related to the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab, Iran.