{"slug": "iran-and-china-create-autonomous-a-i-influence-campaigns", "title": "Iran and China Create Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns", "summary": "Iran and China have created autonomous A.I. influence campaigns, according to a New York Times report published September 18, 2026. The story, which drew 3 points and 1 comment on Hacker News, describes the two countries' use of artificial intelligence to run influence operations without direct human control.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/technology/iran-china-autonomous-ai-influence-campaigns.html\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49759525\n\nPoints: 3\n\n# Comments: 1", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iran-and-china-create-autonomous-a-i-influence-campaigns", "canonical_source": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/technology/iran-china-autonomous-ai-influence-campaigns.html", "published_at": "2026-09-18 20:07:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-18 20:25:01.805519+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Iran", "China", "The New York Times", "Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iran-and-china-create-autonomous-a-i-influence-campaigns", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iran-and-china-create-autonomous-a-i-influence-campaigns.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iran-and-china-create-autonomous-a-i-influence-campaigns.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iran-and-china-create-autonomous-a-i-influence-campaigns.jsonld"}}