# Anthropic Report: Russia's AI Disinformation in Africa

> US company Anthropic reveals Russia uses AI to spread pro-Russian propaganda across Central African Republic and other African nations.
- Title: Anthropic Report: Russia's AI Disinformation in Africa · Dw
- Summary: US company Anthropic reveals Russia uses AI to spread pro-Russian propaganda across Central African Republic and other African nations. Anthropic report…
- Keywords: anthropic, central african republic, russia, disinformation, wagner group, drc, kenya, sudan, mali, news, world, Report
- Source: Dw — https://dw.com/en/anthropic-report-is-russia-using-ai-for-disinformation-in-the-central-african-republic-and-elsewhere-across-africa/a-79476947?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
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- Topics: anthropic, central african republic, russia, ai, disinformation, wagner group, drc, kenya, sudan, mali, news, world
## Russian agents use AI in CAR
Russian agents allegedly used AI assistant Claude to promote pro-Russian influence in the Central African Republic capital Bangui.

> In Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, Russian agents are said to have deliberately used the AI assistant Claude to promote pro-Russian influence
## Anthropic report details AI misuse
US company Anthropic published a report in September detailing how opposition politicians were monitored and disinformation campaigns supported using ai.

> A report titled "Detecting and Countering Misuse of AI," published by us-based company anthropic in september, detailed how opposition politicians were monitored, propaganda content was created and disinformation campaigns were supported
## Pro-Russian propaganda on radio
Claude produced content for Radio Lengo Songo, a radio station funded by russia that portrayed central african government positively and criticized france and opposition.

> The report claimed that claude was used primarily to produce content broadcast by radio lengo songo, a radio station that, according to the international investigative collective all eyes on wagner, is funded by russia
## Opposition claims government targeting
Opposition leaders say government and russian allies have been targeting them since 2020 through online campaigns and false accusations of foreign ties.

> We have been observing this since 2020, when the CPC, a coalition of rebel groups, attacked bangui. Strangely enough, several media outlets did everything in their power to establish alleged links between certain opposition leaders and the cpc
## AI used in multiple african countries
Anthropic found ai was used in drc, kenya, sudan, and mali to create fake news, support governments, and monitor telecommunications.

> According to the report, the democratic republic of the congo drc, kenya, sudan and mali were also affected
## DRC: 318 fake news articles
In the drc, ai generated 318 articles across 70 fake news sites and 250 fake x accounts supporting the congolese government.

> In the drc, anthropic identified 318 articles that, according to the report, were published by a network of about 70 fake news sites and subsequently distributed by more than 250 fictitious accounts on x
## AI operations shut down
Anthropic shut down all ai disinformation operations in car, drc, kenya, sudan, and mali between december 2025 and august 2026.

> Anthropic says it uncovered and shut down all of these different operations between december 2025 and august 2026, primarily by deleting the accounts involved and strengthening its detection systems
## Key takeaway

Anthropic report details how Russian agents used AI to monitor opposition in Central African Republic and create disinformation campaigns in DRC, Kenya, Sudan, and Mali.