Feds Uncover Sprawling, GenAI-Enabled Russian Troll Farm

The U.S. Justice Department, with international partners, seized two domains and nearly 1,000 social media accounts used by Russian-affiliated actors to run a Generative AI-enhanced bot farm (Meliorator) that created authentic-looking personas and automated disinformation campaigns targeting the United States, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and narratives around Ukraine; the FBI and platforms have taken down identified accounts as part of the disruption.