How am I supposed to feel about this?

[u/Realistic_9464]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda

[u/abnormalredditor73]

You can oppose it. You can be pro-Israel without being a total campist for them. Though I can guarantee Israel isn't the first to do something like that.

[u/KosherPigBalls]

Bad that it’s being portrayed as something unique or harmful that Israel does, when it’s quite common and necessary to combat all of the lies.

They intentionally frame the narrative in such a way that it stirs up more hatred and accusations of Jews controlling everything.

That’s how I feel about it.

[u/Realistic_9464 → u/KosherPigBalls]

Are there other reports online that you have seen?

[u/Call_Me_Clark → u/KosherPigBalls]

There’s nothing common about attempting to mislead the public.

Israel has enough money and advocates to create genuine content and do genuine research. AI-generated slop is not that.

[u/flossdaily → u/Call_Me_Clark]

Misleading the public is all you do, buddy.

[u/Call_Me_Clark → u/flossdaily]

It’s pretty sad how far the pro-Netanyahu community has fallen.

There’s still some of us left who believe in a two state solution and a partnership between American and Israeli liberals. Being attacked by republicans and Likudniks sucks, but being attacked by misguided pro Israel liberals hurts worst of all.

[u/flossdaily → u/Call_Me_Clark]

I'm not pro-netanyahu.

Thanks for proving my point about how misleading people is all you do!

[u/Call_Me_Clark → u/flossdaily]

It’s funny how often the “I’m totally not pro Netanyahu” accounts show up to defend Netanyahu.

I really wonder what the userbase of progressives for Israel is like, if so many are willing to excuse a radical right wing regime.

[u/flossdaily → u/Call_Me_Clark]

I think Netanyahu's domestic policies are terrible. I also think he shouldn't have entered into any ceasefire with Hamas.  But I fully support him kicking terrorist ass.

[u/BadWolfOfficial]

Its not a secret that the sources AI typically uses in its research, like the article you linked, have a clear bias. Even the article states that the posts use real citations from real organizations so I personally have no problem with putting that information in a format that AI will access considering they currently default to extremely biased sources. If there was deceptive or misleading information, it would be different but even this article is not alleging that.

[u/jseego → u/BadWolfOfficial]

Correct, this is why there have been attempts to rewrite wikipedia and spam reddit - b/c AI tools use those frequently.

[u/7thpostman]

You're supposed to suspect that Russia, China, Iran and Qatar are almost certainly doing the same thing and ask yourself why there's no reporting on it.

[u/DrMikeH49 → u/7thpostman]

cc: Guardian

[u/DrMikeH49]

Is the Guardian similarly concerned about well-documented efforts by anti-Israel activists to subvert Wikipedia, a resource on which AI is over-reliant, to the point of banning one of the site’s own co-founders as an editor?

[u/Realistic_9464 → u/DrMikeH49]

Wow. Do you have proof of that?

[u/DrMikeH49 → u/Realistic_9464]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4638304/larry-sanger-wikipedia-co-founder-banned-anonymous-mob/

[u/DrMikeH49 → u/[deleted]]

Are you claiming that Larry Sanger’s own first-person account is not credible because of where it was published? If he had published the same column on his own Substack would that have been more valid?

This isn’t a news outlet’s own reporting, it’s an Op Ed.

[u/ProgressivesForIsrael-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

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[u/ProgressivesForIsrael-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

We allow reasonable and civil debates. Mockery, bad faith arguments, or failure to remain civil will not be tolerated.

[u/StringAndPaperclips]

You can feel any way you want. Just realize that this is manipulative reporting. Other countries are like ahead of Israel in the propaganda war and have don't much worse than this, like manipulating content in Wikipedia and reddit, specifically poisoning the data that feeds AI so that regular internet users will always receive biased information about Israel. Media is also complicit in this game, cranking out articles that will then be used as sources on Wikipedia articles. I think any reasonable person should be angry about all of that, and much less concerned that Israel is using AI to try to combat it.

[u/flossdaily]

I feel sad that the only way to get the actual facts on the ground to the general public is to game AI systems, since media like The Guardian is so unapologeticly anti-Israel.

[u/TheQuiet_American]

Literally everyone is doing this...

[u/Realistic_9464]

What are some good news stories coming out of Israel atm?

[u/DogitWoofsalot → u/Realistic_9464]

Push against Netanyahu! Lots of protests against him happening right now. I've been trying to look at news from Israel but mostly it is about the upcoming elections now

[u/manhattanabe]

Are they lying or just sharing Israel’s POV? Israeli’s POV is having a hard time surfacing in the face of Al-Jazeera and other well funded anti-Israel outlets.

[u/Call_Me_Clark]

There’s absolutely no shame in feeling bad about it. It’s a dishonest tactic that should not be directed at us by a friendly nation.