theguardian.com
Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows
A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it.
The site gives Israel’s position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli war crimes and whether Israel has deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, all presented as neutral research. Continue reading...
![Adam Thomas (@AdamMerrivale) on Twitter: "I want to know about the incident that led to this sign," [a photo of an outdoor market booth displaying round soap bars that look like cheese beneath a red stop sign reading "Soap Not Cheese."]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreibdwlwudvusxihmlddi2mmvq5ikperrudxorkpceajhjxem2j2wh4)
!["Stop donating this stuff to Ukraine 😤😤 My grandpa doesn't understand English!!!!" [An elderly man stands outdoors wearing dress pants, shiny black dress shoes, and a white t-shirt with a graphic of an open mouth with red lips that reads "MOUTHS CAN'T GET PREGNANT".]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreihu4li56ccwzst2vh27azlz646sblmpsaprlg4bgpaztus5edst7u)
!["Dubious Nerd Facts: Identical twins do not share the same fingerprints. However, you can still frame your identical twin for murder because police work is usually a sloppy attempt to justify their first suspicions." [A green digital font title above a composite image of two identical smiling women with curly hair, both wearing white t-shirts and jeans while giving thumbs-up gestures against a dark background.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreihvgbti7ar35nx22daovu462eofregldiwgq2q3oq6g6zppjfzqgq)
!["The problem with socialism // is that eventually // you run out of other people's money. *Gives 85% of labor value to capitalist boss who doesn't work*" [clown makeup meme showing]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreicx4fissdwf763zy5bc6w4swpdwpk7nttnm2z5pxgsstxhnxh7o3y)
![Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) on Twitter: "[seeing an angel, appearing to be a glorious half-bird, half-human being]
me: very hesitantly throwing bread at it"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreiefkykx5a6o7bjpgfzcsvaljvm46plmhnpj7utseblolnmcqunspa)
![mockwa on Tumblr: "An abandoned potato sorting station near Krasnosilka, Ukraine with a unusual, cantilevered design. The concrete block at the end forms the counterweight of the structure, creating the impression it floats over the fields."
[photo of an asymmetric building balancing on a concrete support base, projecting out horizontally into the landscape.]
catboybebop on Tumblr: "howls moving potato sorting station"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreihddtmpftm5w62xsqroaek2vo45ymgekpqmoxlsznpdi6idyvipi4)
