Anthropic’s AI Chatbot Is Leaning More on Russian and Iranian Propaganda Sources, NewsGuard Audit Finds (opens in new tab)

Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude repeated false claims 15 percent of the time when it was asked about pro-Kremlin falsehoods in the voice of typical users, citing Russian state-affiliated media every time, a NewsGuard audit found. This marks a sharp increase compared to seven previous NewsGuard audits over almost a year, from March 2025 to February 2026, when Claude cited Russian state-affiliated sources only four percent of the time on similar typical-user prompts.