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China, Iran, Israeli firms deployed AI agents for social media influence campaigns

IntelEye denies influence campaign intent, calls work 'defensive research'

1 Sep 19 6:30 AM · 8d ago · 2 articles · 1 source · development 1 of 2

IntelEye, a Tel Aviv-based company founded by former NSO Group employees, disputed claims that its operation of roughly 1,000 AI-powered fake accounts was intended to influence political discourse. The company stated it was conducting defensive research using DeepSeek, a Chinese open-source AI model, to expose weaknesses in AI systems.

IntelEye denies influence campaign intent, calls work 'defensive research'
Jerusalem Post

“IntelEye does not operate influence campaigns. Our work with DeepSeek was conducted for defensive research…”

Maor Sellek, IntelEye co-founder

China State-backed group operating influence campaignIran State-backed group operating influence campaignIntelEye Israeli private firmThe New York Times Investigative outletKyle Crichton Fellow at Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 1 outlet Israeli firms among those experimenting with AI-powered social media bots — NYT

    first by Times of Israel, 7d ago

  2. 1 outlet China, Iran, Israeli groups weaponize AI for first-of-their-kind social media influence campaigns

    first by Jerusalem Post, 8d ago

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