AI Advances Enable Flood of Deceptive Media to Undermine Elections
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Artificial intelligence is making it easy for anyone to create convincing fake videos, images, and audio to deceive voters. This threatens to undermine trust and manipulate elections.
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Examples include fake videos of Moldova's president supporting Russia-friendly parties and audio clips of Slovakia's party leader discussing vote-rigging.
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Some blame Russia and China for weaponizing AI to meddle in foreign elections and politics. But the technology also enables local groups to distribute misinformation.
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Possible solutions like labeling AI-generated content may help but can be hard to implement globally across all tech platforms and apps.
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If unchecked, the rise of AI deepfakes could erode public trust and challenge functioning democracies around the world.