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29 JUL 2026 · Hacker News · 55 pts · 10 comments ↗

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing a $46.5 million operation to train AI chatbots to promote Israeli narratives, with some chatbots incorporating manipulated information from Parscale-created websites. The operation, run by Clock Tower X, has successfully infiltrated the training data of popular AI systems like Microsoft Copilot and Gemini, potentially influencing tens of millions of Americans who use these chatbots. Parscale's team is using a softer approach, focusing on nuance and fact-based information to make it more palatable for chatbots. AI summary