Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has responded to an Anthropic report detailing an artificial intelligence-driven political campaign that generated social media posts praising him over electricity tariffs.

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Wandayi said the report did not establish that he, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, or any official within the ministry authorised or participated in the alleged online campaign.

“My attention has been drawn to some unverified report alleging the creation of some activity on social media that is purported to have been in praise of the actions of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum regarding electricity tariffs,” Wandayi said on Friday.

The CS was responding to Anthropic’s September 2026 threat intelligence report, which identified and disrupted what it described as a coordinated inauthentic behaviour campaign in Kenya.

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According to the report, a single actor used Anthropic’s Claude AI model to mass-produce Kenyan political content in batches of exactly 50 posts, with instructions to make the messages appear like spontaneous grassroots commentary.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke