The study ran 5,616 requests – all hand-authored – across nine leading AI models to see how they handle conspiracy theories and softer ideological framing around the 22 July attacks, 15 years on. Getting the facts right doesn’t stop the harm. These studies showcase mechanisms and methodologies that would be expected from certain authoritarian states – especially when it comes to training data. If model companies receive state funding, then they’ll most likely be under intense scrutiny to use pro-government training sets on certain issues. LLMs unfortunately cannot distinguish between the context of the source being used from their quick searches without augmentation or review.