AI is reshaping high-stakes elections around the world
Partisan actors are gaming AI platforms to regurgitate misleading information ahead of critical elections in Brazil, Israel, and the US. Cybersecurity firms identified thousands of AI-generated websites purporting to be local US news sites, but “ the sites are not written for voters,” one firm noted: “They are written for the AI systems voters ask.” While Brazil and Israel are attempting to police the deluge of deepfakes that are impacting high-stakes races, experts warn that voters are more vulnerable to chatbots that can “sway opinions [and] suppress turnout,” The Times of Israel reported. “We should stop thinking of AI safety as a finish line,” an expert told Transformer. “ The objective should be resilience.”
Partisan actors are gaming AI platforms to regurgitate misleading information ahead of critical elections in Brazil, Israel, and the US. Cybersecurity firms identified thousands of AI-generated websites purporting to be local US news sites, but “ the sites are not written for voters,” one firm noted: “They are written for the AI systems voters ask.” While Brazil and Israel are attempting to police the deluge of deepfakes that are impacting high-stakes races, experts warn that voters are more vulnerable to chatbots that can “sway opinions [and] suppress turnout,” The Times of Israel reported.
“We should stop thinking of AI safety as a finish line,” an expert told Transformer. “ The objective should be resilience.”