Microsoft's Threat Analysis Centre has warned Russia was 'ramping up malign disinformation campaigns' against Paris 2024 by exploiting AI to denigrate the reputation of Olympic organisers and create the expectation of violence at the Games.
French prosecutors have effectively confirmed one of the biggest concerns facing the Olympics with the arrest of a Russian accused of plotting to destabilise the Games. The detention of the unnamed 40-year-old man came on the eve of the first events of the Summer Games returning to the French capital after a century.
Just hours before news of the indictment in France emerged, the boss of the Olympics had been asked by Sky News about concerns in Paris over Russia's malign motivations to undermine confidence in the Games. 'There are clearly fake threats and we are living this for months now,' IOC President Thomas Bach said. 'That is a very deplorable situation.
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