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Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

October 27, 2025 at 10:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine,” Wired reports.

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