@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
2026-05-21 18:02 UTC
@jaz@toot.wales @mike@thecanadian.social @Nonilex@masto.ai
Interesting idea, that the purpose of spam bots is to influence mainstream LLMs. Kind of like injecting poison into the system. Had not heard that one before.
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@jaz@toot.wales 2026-05-21 18:35
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @mike@thecanadian.social @Nonilex@masto.ai https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768640251377941 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250310-russian-disinformation-infects-ai-chatbots-researchers-warn Having hundreds of independent Mastodon servers federate the propaganda lends additional weight for the LLMs (look! I found 47 sources!) Mastodon is free web hosting for anyone who can create an account, mostly monitored (or not) by part-time volunteer hobbyists. Nation state actors know this, and use this.