Israel creates fake think tank in apparent bid to influence AI chatbots: Report

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1. Wed, 19 August 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)20:26first to report
     Israel creates fake think tank in apparent bid to influence AI chatbots: Report

     Fictitious 'Hanover Institute' has published more than 100 Israel-Palestine reports since Aug. 6, with its content reportedly engineered to shape AI-generated answers

2. Fri, 21 August 2026

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   • Libération (France)14:19
     Comment le gouvernement israélien a fabriqué un institut de recherche fictif pour influencer les IA génératives

     Derrière le site du «Hanover Institute for Public Policy» se cache l’entreprise américaine Piro, capable d’orienter les réponses des modèles d’IA comme ChatGPT, pour le compte de l’Etat israélien.

3. Wed, 26 August 2026

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   • The Guardian World11:00
     Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda

     In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it. The site gives Israel’s position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners , Israeli war...

4. Thu, 27 August 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)18:00
     Pro-Israel website publishes hundreds of reports to shape responses of AI chatbots: Report

     Website operating under fake think tank published more than half a million words in 9 days, seeking to bias AI responses to web queries by users worldwide

5. Fri, 28 August 2026

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   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)15:50
     Falso think tank americano diffondeva la propaganda di Israele usando l’intelligenza artificiale: l’inchiesta del Guardian

     Venivano presentate come analisi accademiche attendibili, invece erano contenuti prodotti in automatico dall’intelligenza artificiale sotto l’ombrello di quello che si è poi rivelato un falso think tank. L’obiettivo: diffondere la propaganda israeliana online. A rivelarlo è un’inchiesta condotta dal Guardian secondo la quale il centro studi in questione, l’Hanover Institute for Public Policy, ha pubblicato […] L'articolo Falso think tank americano diffondeva la propaganda di Israele usando...

6. Fri, 4 September 2026

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   • Al Jazeera English09:42
     Israel takes its war on Palestine into the AI age

     The Hanover affair exposes a new front in Israel’s long-running effort to shape how Palestinians are understood.

7. Fri, 11 September 2026

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   • pressenza.com02:30
     The institute that did not exist: Israel and the new industry for hijacking the narrative and spreading disinformation in the age of artificial intelligence

     The investigation into the Hanover Institute revealed far more than a fake think tank that published 124 reports and more than 560,000 words in nine days.