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Originally published by Techish Kenyatech
September 11, 2026
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Anthropic caught a Kenyan bot farm using Claude to praise Energy Cabinet Secretary
Anthropic removed an account using Claude to mass-produce fake grassroots tweets praising a Kenyan Cabinet Secretary before the 2027 election...
✨ Key Highlights
Anthropic has identified and removed a Kenyan bot farm that used its AI, Claude, to generate fake grassroots political content. The operation aimed to boost a Cabinet Secretary while undermining the opposition ahead of the 2027 general election.
- The operation, codenamed GTG-54004, involved generating approximately 50 themed posts per batch to create an appearance of spontaneous public opinion.
- Key figures involved include Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi, who was praised, and opposition figures Rigathi Gachagua and former president Uhuru Kenyatta, who were criticized.
- The bot farm's activities were discovered after OpenAI flagged a repeat offender, leading to collaboration between the AI companies to detect the coordinated inauthentic behavior.
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