“How disinformation from a Russian AI spam farm ended up on top of Google search results” by David Gilbert, Wired.com, via ArsTechnica, July 10, 2024.

In the space of 24 hours, a piece of Russian disinformation about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a Bugatti car with American aid money traveled at warp speed across the internet. Though it originated from an unknown French website, it quickly became a trending topic on X and the top result on Google. . . .