AI-Powered Disinformation Threatens Democracies Ahead of Major 2024 Elections
• 2024 will see major elections in countries representing half the world's population, putting democracies to the test amid new AI-powered disinformation threats
• Taiwan's recent election saw a flood of AI-generated disinformation, providing an early case study for defending democracy in the AI age
• Generative AI is getting better at creating highly realistic fake images and videos to spread false narratives
• Groups linked to Russia, China, and Iran are already using AI disinformation to try to undermine elections and sow division
• New laws and platform policies to fight disinformation are struggling to keep pace with rapid AI progress, while relying partly on AI for detection