What has fundamentally changed in Russian active measures over recent decades is not the strategy but the technological capability: the transition from human troll farms and paid writers to AI-generated content means they can now reach populations at an unprecedented scale, with approximately 50% of social media content on targeted issues potentially being AI-generated disinformation
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“the ability to use cog AI, you don't even need people doing it. You just write the program...Upwards of 50% of the content they're saying now on social media is is potentially is is AI...amplified now 10,000 fold”
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Inside Russian Intelligence: CIA Insider on Putin’s Playbook, Ukraine & the Next War— The Cipher BriefCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:23:34 PM
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