How an AI plot targeted Malaysiaโs elections and exposed deep data risks
Anthropicโs discovery of an AI-powered election manipulation platform targeting Malaysia offers a glimpse into how the technology can exploit a countryโs political vulnerabilities for sophisticated influence operations. The operationโs use of millions of voter records, fake social media accounts, a synthetic news site and fabricated dossiers pointed to a deeper risk, analysts said: weak data safeguards and entrenched ethnic and religious fault lines could allow political actors to target voters...