Category: Media

Newseria

Upcoming elections in more than 50 countries, including the U.S. and Poland, will encourage harmful content creators to step up their efforts to use artificial intelligence. The largest number of deepfakes is likely to be created this summer. Analysts have looked at which places in the digital world are incubators for the activities of “bad actors” and have mapped them. Small platforms are the main source of harmful content production and dissemination. In this context, the EU’s Digital Services Act can be seen as misguided, as such small platforms will be practically beyond the control of the regulations. Scientists suggest taking actions in the fight against this phenomenon based on realistic scenarios, and eliminating it completely is not one of them. Therefore, it is better to limit the effects of disinformation.

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Scientific American

AI-generated disinformation will target voters on a near-daily basis in more than 50 countries, according to a new analysis

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Getting to the Bottom of It Podcast, GW Hatchet

On this week’s episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen spoke with GW professor of physics, Neil Johnson, on his recently published research outlining the future of Artificial Intelligence and how “bad-actors” can use it to manipulate information.

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Tech Target

The social media giant’s decision to label AI-generated content is a good first step, some observers say, but does not eradicate the problem of disinformation in an election year.

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Tech Target

Generative technology-fueled deepfakes could interfere with the November election due to ease of use and power of the technology. The outlook for regulation seems dim.

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Bank Info Security

Disinformation Campaigns Could Have Real-World Impact, as 50 Countries Host Polls

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Tech Times

As more than 50 countries gear up for national elections in 2024, concerns about exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) by malicious actors to spread disinformation have intensified, prompting researchers at George Washington University to conduct a new study. 

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Scienmag

Bad actors are predicted to begin using AI daily by the middle of 2024, according to a study. Neil F. Johnson and colleagues map the online landscape of communities centered around hate, beginning by searching for terms found in the Anti-Defamation League Hate Symbols Database, along with the names of hate groups tracked by the Southern Poverty Law Center. From an initial list of “bad-actor” communities found using these terms, the authors assess communities linked to by the bad-actor communities.

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GW Today

As more than 50 countries including the U.S. gear up for national elections, GW’s Neil Johnson has published the first quantitative scientific analysis of AI misuse by bad actors.

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New Atlas

A new study has predicted that AI activity by ‘bad actors’ determined to cause online harm through the spread of disinformation will be a daily occurrence by the middle of 2024. The findings are concerning given that more than 50 countries, including the US, will hold national elections this year, the outcomes of which will have a global impact.

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