How Russian AI targets news organisations

俄罗斯人工智能如何针对新闻机构

The Documentary Podcast

2025-11-01

26 分钟
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Networks of bots - automated social media accounts - have been found to be targeting European elections including, in the last year, those in Moldova, Poland and Germany. But could their real intention be to tie up news organisations with fact-checking? Damien Sharkov from BBC Monitoring has been looking at how they operate. Earlier this year, news reports circulated online that a Vietnamese-American scientist called Anh Duong had a hand in creating the bombs used by America in its June airstrikes on Iran. Those reports turned out to be untrue, but Thuong Le from BBC Vietnamese has the real story of the chemical engineer known as 'the Bomb Lady.' In India, pigeons are a much-loved part of city life for many, but a health risk for some.Sumedha Pal has the story. Presenter: Faranak Amidi Producers: Laura Thomas and Caroline Ferguson Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich
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  • Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

  • This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC journalists from all around the world.

  • I'm your host Farhanak Amidhi.

  • Sifting news for what is real and what is fake has always been a part of journalists' work.

  • But what

  • if certain AI and disinformation campaigns exist with the precise purpose of ensnaring journalists and news organizations in a maze of fact-checking?

  • Damien Charco from BBC Monitoring is with me to talk about recent Russian interference in elections in Europe and what its ultimate aim might be.

  • Damien, welcome to the fifth floor.

  • It's great to have you.

  • Thank you for having me.

  • So Damien,

  • there have been stories circulating online about celebrity trips to Ukraine and violence and the elections in Moldova.

  • What do these kind of stories have in common?