US Government Created AI Tool to Hunt ‘Russian Disinformation’

Washington is launching the “Ukraine Content Aggregator,” an artificial intelligence program designed to detect so-called Russian disinformation online. Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled the project at the Freedom House 2023 Annual Awards Ceremony last week.

“Russia continues to push a steady, relentless stream of disinformation about its war of aggression against Ukraine, to lie about and cover up horrific abuses it’s committed, to try to justify committing others,” Blinken said at the Freedom House event. “In response, the State Department has developed an AI-enabled online Ukraine Content Aggregator to collect verifiable Russian disinformation and then to share that with partners around the world.” 

The top diplomat added that the government would be “promoting independent media and digital literacy,“ as well as “working with partners in academia to reliably detect fake text generated by Russian chatbots.”