Tag: Putins

Putin’s AI threat to democracy: Russian spies ‘have created synthetic intelligence cyber-software to spread disinformation and meddle in elections throughout the West’

Christina Lobo
Putin’s AI threat to democracy: Russian spies ‘have created synthetic intelligence cyber-software to spread disinformation and meddle in elections throughout the West’

Ukraine accused Russia of developing an AI tool that makes it possible for Moscow to meddle in Western elections by spreading disinformation. 

Oleksiy Danilov, Ukraine’s countrywide stability advisor, explained to The Occasions that AI applications have permitted Russia to thrust its disinformation strategies to new heights, and that the Kremlin has closely invested in AI. 

He claimed: ‘Artificial intelligence is a big stage ahead for Russia and it will make the affect [of their meddling] exponentially greater.’ 

Danilov claimed that just ‘two or three’ agents experienced the capability to create ‘tens of thousands’ of sensible, but faux, social media accounts

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How Putin’s alleged ‘business associate’ made $400m from a major Russian gas deal | Gas

Christina Lobo
How Putin’s alleged ‘business associate’ made 0m from a major Russian gas deal | Gas

In the icy waters of a Siberian harbour, the Christophe de Margerie, a Russian ship with an unusual French name, was ready for loading. The world’s first ice-breaking gas tanker had been designed for a very specific purpose: opening up Russia’s Arctic shipping routes towards Europe and Asia during the winter months.

It was December 2017, and the temperatures had plunged to -27C, but the politicians and oil executives gathered in Sabetta, on the Yamal peninsula, were jubilant. Vladimir Putin had flown in for the event. At the president’s signal, gas began to pump into the tanker.

“This is

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