Reports in nine days: Inside Israel's fake think tank bid to shape ChatGPT

An investigation by The Guardian alleges that a purported “U.S.” policy institute tied to Israel published more than 560,000 words in just nine days to influence how AI systems discuss Israel. The Hanover Institute for Public Policy issued 124 reports between Aug. 6 and 14, averaging about 4,500 words each, including 73 reports on Aug. 12 and 13 totaling almost 354,000 words. The outlet reportedly has no apparent legal existence, lists no physical address, and names no researchers, with reports presented as neutral, quasi-academic research heavily sourced to organizations such as the World Bank, UN agencies, Amnesty International and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The website was registered this month under the Foreign Agents Registration Act by New York media company Piro Inc. The Guardian says the format appears designed to be discovered and cited by chatbots including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini.