Here is more from Responsible Statecraft, the online magazine of the Quincy Institute:At
a glance, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy looks like a new
think tank dedicated to Israel/Palestine. The organization churns out
think-tank style reports on questions such as “Does AIPAC Use ‘Dark Money in Elections?” and “Is Israel Carrying out a Deliberate Campaign of Starvation in Gaza?” But
the Hanover Institute is not a real think tank. None of the reports
have bylines. A small disclaimer at the bottom of the webpage notes that
the organization was created on behalf of the Israeli Government
Advertising Agency by Piro, Inc, a firm co-founded by Daniel Rosenberg,
the producer of Spike Lee’s “Inside Man.” The Hanover Institute’s
reports — all of which are about Israel and Palestine — appear to be
part of an Israeli effort to influence chatbots. The institute’s “data
reports” have footnotes and tables of contents, and they present
arguments in a neutral tone, helping them appeal to chatbots like Claude
or Gemini. Piro’s website
says that it “author(s) content engineered for how LLMs evaluate
credibility,” describing this service as "AI Story Optimization." Others
refer to this practice of influencing artificial intelligence as “LLM poisoning.” Quincy says the "fake think tank" has churned out 100+ reports since it started publishing on August 6. Here is a link to the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, which notes that its research is published under the institute's name rather than an individual's name.
Here is more from Responsible Statecraft, the online magazine of the Quincy Institute:
At a glance, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy looks like a new think tank dedicated to Israel/Palestine. The organization churns out think-tank style reports on questions such as “Does AIPAC Use ‘Dark Money in Elections?” and “Is Israel Carrying out a Deliberate Campaign of Starvation in Gaza?”
But the Hanover Institute is not a real think tank. None of the reports have bylines. A small disclaimer at the bottom of the webpage notes that the organization was created on behalf of the Israeli Government Advertising Agency by Piro, Inc, a firm co-founded by Daniel Rosenberg, the producer of Spike Lee’s “Inside Man.”
The Hanover Institute’s reports — all of which are about Israel and Palestine — appear to be part of an Israeli effort to influence chatbots. The institute’s “data reports” have footnotes and tables of contents, and they present arguments in a neutral tone, helping them appeal to chatbots like Claude or Gemini. Piro’s website says that it “author(s) content engineered for how LLMs evaluate credibility,” describing this service as "AI Story Optimization." Others refer to this practice of influencing artificial intelligence as “LLM poisoning.”
Quincy says the "fake think tank" has churned out 100+ reports since it started publishing on August 6.
Here is a link to the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, which notes that its research is published under the institute's name rather than an individual's name.
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