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abomvubusoImages, videos, voice messages... in recent months, AI-generated content has caused a number of problems worldwide. For example, some photos that purported to show the arrest of Donald Trump, as well as some that were claimed to cover the war in the Middle East, have turned out to be created by artificial intelligence:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65069316
The opportunities and risks that artificial intelligence creates have been the subject of a heated debate in political circles. And that's not surprising: in the coming year, there are many elections around the world to be held, including the decisive one for President of the United States and the vote for European Parliament. The EU wants to impose stricter rules on the use of AI, while some organisations are warning against over-regulating the market. In the meantime, an increasing portion of the general public now believe that AI is a threat to democracy.
We've seen it all this year: we've already witnessed false information spreading like fire during an election campaign, not without active help from AI. Before the elections in Slovakia, an audio generated by AI appeared and was distributed on FB and other social networks, purportedly featuring the voices of a major party leader and a journalist, discussing the manipulation of the upcoming election. It was not clear to users at first that the audio recording was a so-called "deepfake":
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/slovakia-election-deepfakes
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65069316
The opportunities and risks that artificial intelligence creates have been the subject of a heated debate in political circles. And that's not surprising: in the coming year, there are many elections around the world to be held, including the decisive one for President of the United States and the vote for European Parliament. The EU wants to impose stricter rules on the use of AI, while some organisations are warning against over-regulating the market. In the meantime, an increasing portion of the general public now believe that AI is a threat to democracy.
We've seen it all this year: we've already witnessed false information spreading like fire during an election campaign, not without active help from AI. Before the elections in Slovakia, an audio generated by AI appeared and was distributed on FB and other social networks, purportedly featuring the voices of a major party leader and a journalist, discussing the manipulation of the upcoming election. It was not clear to users at first that the audio recording was a so-called "deepfake":
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/slovakia-election-deepfakes
( Read more... )
