AIDOL, one of the first anthropomorphic robots in Russia, face-planted at a demo in Moscow; organizers dragged the robot away and covered it with a black drape
The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues.
A lawmaker who regulates Russia's IT sector warns WhatsApp to “prepare to leave” Russia; Moscow recently approved development of a state-backed messaging app
WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday …
NewsGuard audit: the 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, repeated false claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow's disinformation goals by repeating false claims …
A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia
and, I think, an indication of how the new Moscow-DC axis will tilt. — www.wired.com/story/russia... @wired.com : His life? A rags-to-riches fairy tale. A lavish wedding, a beautiful wife, five ki...
Documents: EU prosecutors are probing how Atos' Moscow office helped build the EU's border system, which will establish the EU's largest personal info database
www.ft.com/content/1541... @financialtimes.com Mastodon: Tim Mak / @timkmak@journa.host : The Moscow office of a French IT group is that helped create the new electronic #EU border system is being in...
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian and Russian entities over attempted election interference, including a Moscow entity that directed the creation of deepfakes
The Treasury Department said Iran and Russia sought to divide Americans through targeted disinformation campaigns in the 2024 elections.
The UK NCA uncovers a Russian multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme that let Russian spies, European drug traffickers, and more evade sanctions via crypto
Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders
Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others
BBC Russian Service, The Insider, and Echo Moskvy—from its Russian users, Mediazona learned. There were no updates for several days, and users who haven't listened to these podcasts before can't even ...
Documents show direct ties between Russia's government and a former Florida deputy sheriff behind a network of fake news sites using AI and targeting US voters
hard to see how this guy doesn't qualify: — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... X: Shayan Sardarizadeh / @shayan86 : BBC Verify has extensively reported on an AI-powered influence operation run by M...
Investigation: a Russian espionage and hacking campaign targeted Georgia for years and breached its Foreign Ministry, Finance Ministry, central bank, and more
Bloomberg : X: @willneal93 , @martijnrasser , @rj_gallagher , and @albertonardelli X: Will Neal / @willneal93 : Well this is a pretty chilling read. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Martijn Rasser / @ma...