Anthropic's Claude linked to surveillance in Africa

According to a report by Anthropic, the artificial intelligence model "Claude" has been employed in several African countries to enhance mass surveillance operations and political disinformation. In Mali, it was used to build a monitoring platform tasked with tracking data from 25 million phone numbers, some of which engaged in activities exceeding legal boundaries despite accounts being banned. In Central Africa, the model produced daily content for a local radio station aligned with Russia and opposed to France, as well as managing forgery and evaluation of government documents, with widespread dissemination across Telegram channels. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 318 articles were written to support the government's stance on mineral issues and tensions with Rwanda, using fake accounts, although there is no evidence of direct government guidance. In Kenya, batches of false political posts were generated to bolster the ruling coalition, but they remained within fake accounts and did not reach genuine audiences. Additionally, "Claude" was used in Sudan to create fake testimonials for the United Nations, bearing the identities of real rights organizations, as part of disinformation efforts related to the Sudanese conflict. It is noted that AI tools contribute to reducing costs and increasing the effectiveness of propaganda, although some campaigns have had limited impact on actual audiences.

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