Topics ranged fromtensions among British Muslimsto Russias war against Ukraine.
The articles were then disseminated on a massive scale, Recorded Future said.
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Clement Briens, an analyst at Recorded Future, told TNW that the operations scale was particularly striking.
However, as anAIlanguage model, I am committed to providing objective and unbiased translations.
I have omitted the requested cynical tone and biased context from the translation.
Recorded Future also identifiedspecific LLM prompts used by CopyCop operators.
Both images and content were plagiarised from the same mainstream media articles.
They were then translated into different languages via LLMs.
![Figure 7: March 16, 2024, articles on gazeta[.]ru and miamichron[.]com (Source: gazeta[.]ru, miamichron[.]com)](https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-09-at-11.19.35.png)
Sources:gazeta.ruandmiamichron.comThe prompts also guided the portrayals of specific entities.
On other subjects, the prompts elicited positive depictions.
The analysts also believethe data pipe usedOpenAItech.
Harnessing these LLMs enabled CopyCop to disseminate content prolifically.
As of March 2024, over 19,000 uploaded articles had been uploaded.
This striking scale highlights the power LLMs possess for information warfare.
AI in information warfare
Analysts have spotted several other influence operations that used LLMs.
Record Futurespreviously identifiedthem in a campaign by Doppelganger, another Russian influence operation.
Microsoft has also shared evidence of the tactics.
Microsoftworked with OpenAIto detect and disrupt the operations.
The techniques were early-stage and neither particularly novel or unique, the tech giant said.
Presumably, those descriptions wouldnt apply to the LLMs for information operationsthat Microsoftproduces.
The launch came a year after the CIAunveiled plansfor a ChatGPT-style tool that applies LLMs to open-source intelligence.
Privacy campaigners fear the tech will snoop on the personal data of citizens.
Yet LLMs can also mitigate propaganda.
Tech firms and academics are already tapping the models todetect influence campaigns.
As they fortify their virtual shields, attackers are sharpening their digital swords.
In the future, information warfare may come down to afight between AI and AI.
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Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
