aceHow AI could ‘supercharge’ election risks across south-east Asia
Years ago it would have been an elaborate operation involving an army of cyber troops creating fake news websites, social media accounts and forged dossiers, all deployed to spread disinformation en masse. Now, all you need is AI. In a worrying sign of how AI could “supercharge” fake news, Anthropic recently revealed how Claude AI was used in a political influence operation in Malaysia. It created a commercial election manipulation platform, utilising a network of about 1,000 X accounts, a fake news outlet calle…
An AI-built influence platform used about 1,000 X accounts and a fake news outlet to target Malaysian voters, showing how AI makes election manipulation faster and cheaper in a disinformation-prone region.
The Malaysian operation was reportedly ineffective once Anthropic intervened, and experts note that distribution still depends on social platforms, so its actual influence on voters and the scale of future harm remain uncertain.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-01
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