Claude's Propaganda Blind Spot and Fake Meloni Quotes Widen Trump-Europe Rift (decode39.com)

• NewsGuard audit: Claude repeats false claims in 15% of prompts about pro-Kremlin falsehoods.
• Claude cites Russian state-affiliated sources more often than competing chatbots.
• AI-generated videos with fake Meloni quotes target the Trump-Europe rift.

"A NewsGuard audit found Anthropic's Claude chatbot repeats false pro-Kremlin claims in 15% of tested prompts, citing Russian state-affiliated sources more often than peers. Separately, AI-generated videos with fabricated quotes of Italian PM Giorgia Meloni portraying her as a harsh critic of Donald Trump over the Iran war are circulated to exacerbate EU-US tensions."