Political operators are using technology to manufacture apparent public support for politicians.
Anthropic removed an account generating 50 fake tweets daily via Claude in Kenya to promote the government as organic sentiment. AI-driven misinformation forces critical governance and content moderation upgrades for platform providers in fragile information markets.
By
Dennis Musau
Technology Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has revealed how its Claude chatbot was used to mass-produce fake social media posts praising Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and attack Kenya’s opposition.
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Report also reveals that AI was separately used to produce content targeting the Opposition.
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