MalwareTech: AI-era disinformation ops have become laughably low effort
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-25
Security researcher MalwareTech notes how low-effort disinformation operations have become: ten years ago you needed sockpuppet accounts posing as concerned citizens; now you can just say "hey, it's me, Deedy McAnthropicInvestor" and share an "impartial" Anthropic post about why competitors are dangerous and should be banned — a jab at AI-lab FUD wars.
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