Malaysia Targeted by Election Manipulation Operation Using 1,000 Fake Accounts, Bogus News Site: Anthropic

MCMC probes claims Claude AI targeted Malaysian voters, but says issue outside its mandate

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 11 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is examining claims that Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence platform was used to...

Anthropic Says AI-Powered Operation Targeted Malaysian Voters With About 1,000 Fake Accounts

Anthropic says its Claude AI was used to help build a system targeting voters across all 222 Malaysian parliamentary constituencies. The operation also allegedly ran a fake news site and produced fabricated dossiers, although Anthropic found no evidence that it successfully penetrated authentic online communities.

MCMC looks into report on bid to manipulate election

AI firm Anthropic says about 1,000 fake social media accounts were involved, as well as a bogus news site and fabricated intelligence dossiers.

Anthropic says it disrupted an AI-powered platform targeting Malaysia

Company claims operation used more than 1,000 fake X accounts, a bogus news site, and fabricated intelligence dossiers to target Malaysian voters

Malaysia targeted by election manipulation operation using 1,000 fake accounts, bogus news site: Anthropic

Anthropic says its Claude AI was used to build a voter-targeting system covering all 222 parliamentary constituencies in Malaysia, while the threat actor also unsuccessfully pursued a contract with the country’s communications regulator.

MCMC Probes Anthropic Report, Denies Involvement In Alleged Operations

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is reviewing a report by US-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic detailing an alleged election-manipulation operation targeting Malaysian voters. The regulator has also firmly denied any involvement in the activities described in the report. In a statement issued yesterday, MCMC said it takes the matters raised in Anthropic’s […]