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How AI could ‘supercharge’ election risks across south-east Asia
Publisher description: Some experts fear AI could be weaponised in south-east Asia, home to nations with predominately young and hyper-connected populations
The Guardian | Oct 1, 2026 | Kate Lamb
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Years ago it would have been an elaborate operation involving any army of cyber troops creating fake news websites, social media accounts and forged dossiers, all deployed to spread disinformation en masse. Now, all you need is AI. In a worrying sign of how AI could “supercharge” fake news, Anthropic recently revealed how Claude AI was used in a political influence operation in Malaysia. It created a commercial election manipulation platform, utilising a network of about 1,000 X accounts, a fake news outlet called “Malaysia Pulse” and a series of fabricated documents.
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