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title: "Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda"
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published_at: "2026-08-26T12:11:19.000Z"
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["llm","safety","propaganda"]
source_urls: ["https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447600"]
summary: "In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows"
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# Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda

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**Published:** 2026-08-26T12:11:19.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** llm, safety, propaganda

## Summary

In effort to prime chatbots to make pro\-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447600>)