FUTURE DEFENCE AND SECURITY
Neonraven
Key capabilities
> Complex agent-based population simulator > Self-contained operation > Integrates current models for human interaction , social media usage , and disinformation diffusion
Differentiators
> A simulator , not an emulator : nothing is pre-scripted
> Provides ground-truth : measures of effectiveness for influence campaigns can be directly measured
> Does not rely on existing social media datasets : original data is generated from AI systems in real-time
Key customers
> Used as a defence training tool , and to understand when and how to apply techniques in this domain
Key partnerships > Defence Science and Technology
Quality accreditations and awards
> Winner of the 2024 Australian Cyber Security Professional of the Year – Technology , Media & Telecommunications
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Integrating AI populations into news and social media for wargaming to provide integrated understanding
Research Project
Modern conflict is multifaceted and increasingly involves the rapidly evolving terrain of online social media . Neonraven is a social media and news simulator , underpinned with AI-enabled synthetic populations that are constructed with personalities , friends , family , moods , and opinions . Fake news , conspiracy theories and mis / disinformation flow through these networks , influenced by player actions . Players can interact with this population directly , but they also read the news and message each other . Succeeding needs to involve an element of overt or covert online actions that mirror real-world capabilities and past events .
Neonraven teaches much more than the importance of social media and news in modern conflict . It also shows the tactics , techniques , and procedures that are used offensively and defensively , and their effectiveness . This technology has been tested in multiple DST wargames since 2022 . • 61