The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has developed a new software suite, driven by Google Gemini, Open AI and Anthropic’s Claude, that helps party members generate so-called “rage bait” social media postings.
Central to the new campaign is the Alternita platform, registered to the AfD’s general secretary Hans-Holger Malcomeß, which promises users social media posts “in five minutes, with your positions, in your style, your branding”.
In the case of the AfD, an undercover investigation by Germany’s Correctiv outlet revealed how, in a few clicks, a populist article can be turned into provocative posts to flood social media feeds.
This is just the automated version of what’s been happening the last decade in social media. The foreign influence operations have been very effective at driving splits among Democrats. I know Reddit is rife with them but wondering about them operating here as well. The pattern sure seems to hold on some controversial topics.
“Google and OpenAI said they are each examining Alternita’s use of their engines while Anthropic did not reply to the Correctiv query.”
To prevent it from happening again, right? Right?
only ‘examining’ the books, to make sure their bills are getting paid on time.
Cool.
Cool, cool, cool.
They should develop an AI that makes them seem less like weak ass losers, but alas I don’t think we’ll ever have the tech
what a surprise (no)
Yes, good fit. Two entities that do not care about reality, facts and are both not remotely human.
