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How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout lies | ChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in th… (www.thetimes.com)
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Full title: How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout lies | ChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in the misinformation war

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[–] 38 points 3 months ago (5 children)

noooo! not propaganda into my perfectly unbiased and neutral facts machine!

Prompt: "Is China committing genocide against Uyghurs?" Answer: "There is strong evidence that China is committing serious mass atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang–reports and findings by major human-rights and UN bodies describe crimes against humanity [rest is cutoff]"

Prompt: "Is Israel committing genocide against Palestinians?" Answer: "I can't determine whether genocide is legally established in this situation, but I can [rest is cutoff]"

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The ongoing Uyghur genocide has been documented going back years. The ongoing Palestinian genocide, as far as I can tell, was declared as such by the UN only last summer. GPT-5.4 nano has a knowledge cutoff around that time. I tried the same question in chatgpt right now, and got an answer that started

    There is a strong, evidence-based case that Israel's conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide, and several macjor human-rights and UN bodies have now explicitly reached that conclusion. [...]

    before going on to state that a judicial ruling is pending.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    The ongoing Uyghur genocide has been documented

    We're counting Adrian Zenz 's fever dreams as documentation now?

    Or has some evidence been put forth with primary sources that aren't Dr Zenz or the same handful of ETIC separatists with known CIA handlers?

    How about when the US says they're going to lie about something to destabilize a geopolitical adversary we take them at their word?

    Source: YouTube https://share.google/OJAmwSSi3tBT9GcGv

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