Browsing: Generative

A China-aligned operator used Claude, Anthropic’s generative AI assistant, to trackUyghursliving in Syriaand recruit potential informants within the community. The model translated messages, facilitated communication in local dialects, and geolocated people, zeroing in on particularly vulnerable individuals who face financial hardship or separation from family members still in Xinjiang, the autonomous region in northwest China…

It’s impossible to not be swept up in Tarn Adams’ enthusiasm. To speak to him is to feel like you’re talking to the happiest man in gaming. Along with his brother Zach, he’s been working on the wonderfully chaotic procedurally generated world of Dwarf Fortress since 2002, and he is far from tired of it.…

Iranian state propagandists have been using Claude to draft the doctrine for their influence campaigns—and to plan the Supreme Leader’s funeral. Russia’s state media has found novel uses for it too: A former Sputnik Moldova editor-in-chief used it to churn out articles and push fabricated claims about Moldova’s president ahead of the country’s 2025 election.…