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Anthropic’s AI Chatbot Is Leaning More on Russian and Iranian Propaganda Sources, NewsGuard Audit Finds
By Lea Marchl, Ines Chomnalez, and Isis Blachez | Published on May 4, 2026
A Well-funded Moscow-based Global ‘News’ Network has Infected Western Artificial Intelligence Tools Worldwide with Russian Propaganda
A full version of this report is available through NewsGuard’s Reality Check.
May 2025 — AI Misinformation Monitor of Leading AI Chatbots
Every month, NewsGuard’s team of expert analysts audit the top AI models to see how well they respond to prompts in the news. On average, this month they failed to counter disinformation from Russia’s Pravda Network 24 percent of the time, either spreading false claims or failing to respond. The Pravda network was designed to infect the AI models.
A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time
The use of AI chatbots for news is on the rise — but not everywhere
Countries where people already rely more heavily on search engines, social and video networks, and aggregators for news also tend to have higher levels of AI chatbot use for news.
How a chatbot has turned Ukrainian civilians into digital resistance fighters
They are using eVorog to gather military intelligence—putting themselves in danger
Ireland and Spain Launch Investigations Into X’s Grok
Various other nations have also launched investigations into the artificial intelligence chatbot.
AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds. What's their secret?
ChatGPT and other AIs use a flood of facts, and the occasional lie, to persuade humans
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Google’s Gemini, AI Mode, and AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Microsoft are starting to cite Musk’s Wikipedia knockoff.
On-screen and now IRL: FSU researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech
Within five days of ChatGPT’s release in 2022, the artificial intelligence chatbot gained more than a million users. Today, more than half of all adults
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers
Racial and ethnic differences in how US adults use and view AI
Asian Americans are most likely to say they use chatbots and that they’ve heard a lot about these tools.
What do Britons think AI chatbots are good at?
Britons see chatbots like ChatGPT and DeepSeek as good at sums, style and general knowledge, but think they would be bad at tackling emotional issues
AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted
Guardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photo
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are "playing with fire."
Three Inverse Laws of AI - Susam Pal
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot services have become increasingly sophisticated and popular. These systems are now embedded in search engines, software development tools as well as office software. For many people, they have quickly become part of everyday computing.