AI Image Generators Face Scrutiny Over Potential to Spread Election Disinformation
• AI image creation tools from OpenAI, Microsoft, and others can generate fake images that could promote election disinformation • Nonprofit CCDH tested the tools and found they could create images depicting election fraud in 41% of cases • ChatGPT Plus and Microsoft Image Creator blocked requests for images of candidates, but Midjourney generated misleading politician images 65% of the time • 20 tech companies including OpenAI and Microsoft signed an agreement to prevent AI content from interfering with 2023 elections • Stability AI updated policies to prohibit disinformation, while Midjourney said updates specifically for 2023 US elections are coming