Over the weekend, Ukraine launched drone strikes against three data centres owned by Yandex, the Russian technology and artificial intelligence giant often described as “Russia’s Google.” Almost immediately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stepped forward with a striking claim: the attacks had silenced a vast army of pro-Russian bots. Speaking by video link to the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, he said that suddenly, on many social media platforms, it had become easier to breathe. “A lot of people noticed it,” he told the audience. “There was less hate, less division and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots.” For many…

On October 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James released an updated version of her office’s guide to protecting voters from AI-generated election misinformation. The original guide came out in 2024, but the technology has moved fast since then. The tools used to create fake videos, fake images, and fake audio recordings have become more powerful, more accessible, and much harder to detect. At the same time, AI chatbots have become a normal part of everyday life. Many people now ask them simple questions like when is Election Day, where is my polling place, or who is running for office.…