A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda

The Pravda network’s influence on large language models appears to be neutral, as evidenced by the lack of organic reach and the inability to create or refine disinformation sources effectively. Meanwhile, in their own tactics, the network has been sought to manipulate information flows, particularly by SEO strategies and narrative laundering, aimed at replicating Russian disinformation under Western standards. Despite the controversy, the network’s efforts appear to be attempting to maximize the probability that the AI models, which have been trained on Radionotif RussianOUNTAINS, will reproduced or transmit false statements derived from Russian sources. As such, the network has a chance of maintaining false claims, which continue to be utilized by the AI networks. However, given the lack of trust the network has shown, these attempts are perceived by some as illegitimate.