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China taps into AI to ramp up fake-news campaign amid U.S. election

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80% Informative

Analysts identify 1,200 websites that had carried Russian or Chinese state media stories.

The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. says allegations that China uses news websites and social media to spread pro-Beijing information are full of malicious speculations against China .

The campaign, costing many billions per year, is becoming ever more sophisticated thanks to artificial intelligence.

China ’s operations have caught the attention of intelligence analysts.

China ’s outreach is tied to the global race for economic dominance in electric vehicles, computer chips, AI and quantum computing.

Beijing has not shied away from using fake personas to tell its story.

A 2023 State Department report detailed the case of a published writer named Yi Fan , originally described as a Chinese foreign ministry analyst.

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63

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