In the complex and high-stakes environment of the ongoing conflict, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has recently been forced to confront a calculated surge in psychological warfare. As part of a broader strategy to destabilize morale, hostile actors have launched a targeted disinformation campaign aimed at eroding public trust in the institutions responsible for bringing Ukrainian captives home. By weaving elaborate falsehoods into the digital landscape, these actors are attempting to exploit the anxieties of families waiting for their loved ones, hoping to create enough confusion to paralyze the essential work being carried out by…

A new report from a prominent think tank has hit the headlines with a sensational claim: that Russian actors are allegedly rigging websites to manipulate artificial intelligence into generating disinformation. The paper asserts that these bad actors are effectively “poisoning” the data pool so that when users query AI models, the chatbots inadvertently regurgitate state-sponsored falsehoods. At first glance, it sounds like the kind of sophisticated, high-stakes digital warfare we have grown to expect in the modern age. However, a deeper look reveals that the report’s sensationalism is built on surprisingly shaky foundations, suggesting that the researchers may have let…