Posted 10/4/2023, 4:01:00 AM
Political Leaders Weaponize AI to Spread Disinformation and Undermine Trust
- Political leaders like Imran Khan using AI to create fake protest images for political gain.
- Trump and DeSantis deployed AI-generated audio/images to smear each other ahead of GOP nomination.
- AI being used to amplify censorship, surveillance, and spread of disinformation by governments.
- State actors hiring "AI for hire" companies to generate fake AI newscasters spreading propaganda.
- Even if AI fakes are refuted, public trust still undermined - a key tactic of autocrats.
