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- Meta said Russia is the top source of misinformation efforts in the world.
- Russian operators are now using GenAI to influence people with fake news articles.
- Meta said Russia will likely focus on influencing the US election in favor of its war in Ukraine.
Russia has been using social media to influence international politics for years. Now, artificial intelligence is bolstering its efforts.
In a newly released security report, Meta identified Russia as the "number one source" of global coordinated inauthentic behavior (or CIB) efforts. The nation has at least 39 "covert influence operations," Meta said.