Anthropic report: Is Russia using AI for disinformation in the Central African Republic and elsewhere across Africa?

DW4 October 2026, 17:15 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

An Anthropic report says the AI model Claude was used in pro-Russian campaigns in the Central African Republic. Similar allegations were raised for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Sudan and Mali.

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