Expert Warns of AI Deepfake Threat to 2024 Elections
• In 2024, elections taking place in countries representing 50% of the world's population are at risk of manipulation by AI-enabled deepfakes. These could alter election outcomes worldwide.
• Venezuela has built a sophisticated AI propaganda machine to interfere in elections at home and abroad using deepfake digital avatars.
• In February, a Hong Kong finance worker was duped into transferring $25 million by scammers using convincing digitally-created avatars.
• News organizations should focus on proving the authenticity of real information rather than detecting fakes, says tech expert Louis Steinberg.
• Social media platforms need to take responsibility for fact-checking questionable election-related content they host, according to Steinberg. Weaponized disinformation has reached a tipping point.