Election 2024: Nervous about falling behind, Democrats wrestle with AI use
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024: Nervous about falling behind, Democrats wrestle with AI use

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections — and perhaps threaten democracy itself. The Trump campaign said in a statement that it “uses a set of proprietary algorithmic tools, like many other campaigns across the country, to help deliver emails more efficiently and prevent sign up lists from being populated by false information.” Spokesman Steven Cheung also said the campaign did not “engage or utilize” any tools supplied by an AI company, and declined to comment further. Rob Flaherty, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, said those efforts would continue and suggested some AI tools could be used to combat deepfakes and other such content before they go viral. Arthur Thompson, the DNC’s chief technology officer, said the organization believes generative AI is an “incredibly important and impactful technology” to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot. “It’s really hard to tell the story of how generative AI is a net positive when so many bad actors — whether that’s robocalls, fake images or false video clips — are using the bad set of AI against us,” said a Democratic strategist close to the Biden campaign who was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

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The Year of the AI Election Wasn’t Quite What Everyone Expected
3 months, 1 week ago

The Year of the AI Election Wasn’t Quite What Everyone Expected

Wired  

In the spring, the US saw what was likely its first AI candidate. At the outset of 2024, many suggested that even if not winning office, generative AI would play a pivotal role in—and pose significant risks to—democratic elections, as more than 2 billion people voted in more than 60 countries. “I think concern about misleading deepfakes was taking up …

Did AI Misinformation Impact Elections In 2024? A Look At US, Europe, UK, India Polls
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3 months, 1 week ago

Did AI Misinformation Impact Elections In 2024? A Look At US, Europe, UK, India Polls

ABP News  

Fears of AI-generated misinformation ran rife ahead of this historic election year. "AI makes it easier to create these illustrations, but I don't see it as a game changer, and it won't sway voters," Dr. Sacha Altay, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Zurich's Digital Democracy Lab, told Logically Facts. European and U.K. elections saw little meaningful AI …

Did artificial intelligence shape the 2024 US election?
3 months, 1 week ago

Did artificial intelligence shape the 2024 US election?

Al Jazeera  

Days after New Hampshire voters received a robocall with an artificially generated voice that resembled President Joe Biden’s, the Federal Communications Commission banned the use of AI-generated voices in robocalls. “This was not ‘the AI election.’” Daniel Schiff, assistant professor of technology policy at Purdue University, said there was no “massive eleventh-hour campaign” that misled voters about polling places and …

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad
4 months, 1 week ago

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad

Wired  

In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to be more inclusive. AI avatars were used by presidential candidates in South Korea in …

How AI has been used this campaign cycle
4 months, 4 weeks ago

How AI has been used this campaign cycle

NPR  

How AI has been used this campaign cycle Earlier in the year, an AI-generated clone of President Biden's voice in a campaign robocall captured the public's attention about what generative artificial intelligence is capable of. But while it can be used to manufacture evidence of things that didn't happen, the main use of AI in U.S. political campaigns this year …

FBI uncovers deceptive AI deepfakes in 2024 election's final hours
4 months, 4 weeks ago

FBI uncovers deceptive AI deepfakes in 2024 election's final hours

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The competing claims flying across our screens have heated up in recent weeks, but we ain’t seen nothing yet. “Apparently we're just gonna, you know, hope for the best,” Sen. Josh Hawley — one of the louder voices calling for AI guardrails in this Congress — told Raw Story. “I don't think there's going to be a major …

The Reason Your Election Anxiety Feels Worse in 2024
5 months ago

The Reason Your Election Anxiety Feels Worse in 2024

Wired  

Americans need to log off. I don’t just mean the general sky-is-falling stuff—the militias on Facebook organizing ballot-box stakeouts, the conspiracy theory spreaders, the cybercriminals potentially waiting in the wings. Clearly US voters worry about how misinformation might impact who wins the election, but Sander van der Linden, author of Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build …

A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI
5 months, 1 week ago

A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI

Wired  

If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November, the guardrails could come off of artificial intelligence development, even as the dangers of defective AI models grow increasingly serious. Trump’s election to a second term would dramatically reshape—and possibly cripple—efforts to protect Americans from the many dangers of poorly designed artificial intelligence, including misinformation, discrimination, and the poisoning of …

Congressional leaders negotiating potential lame-duck deal to address AI concerns
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Congressional leaders negotiating potential lame-duck deal to address AI concerns

Politico  

Congress returns the week after the November election and will have less than two months to move legislation before the start of a new term. It’s likely the potential AI package would be tacked onto other must-pass legislation, like government funding, or the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act. Former President Donald Trump has expressed reservations about regulations, saying he wants …

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
6 months, 1 week ago

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

LA Times  

With the 2024 election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump looming, experts feared a flood of realistic AI-generated deepfakes to baffle voters. Another showed a group of kittens holding a sign that read, “DON’T LET THEM EAT US, Vote for Trump!” Francesca Tripodi, an expert in online propaganda, said such AI-made images are new, viral vehicles to …

Opinion: How to avoid AI-enhanced attempts to manipulate the election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: How to avoid AI-enhanced attempts to manipulate the election

LA Times  

The headlines this election cycle have been dominated by unprecedented events, among them Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, the attempt on his life, Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and his replacement on the Democratic ticket by Vice President Kamala Harris. Voters wouldn’t be in this predicament if candidates had clear policies on the use of AI in their campaigns. Written guidelines …

Tech Tonic | AI has wedged itself into elections, and there’s nothing we can do
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tech Tonic | AI has wedged itself into elections, and there’s nothing we can do

Hindustan Times  

In March, and many took that in part as a warning and partly as an acknowledgement of the potential of interference in elections, Google confirmed that the Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot will not answer questions about the elections in many countries this year. Even before the turn of this year, a looming threat of AI’s effect on global elections was …

Opinion: It’s Time for the Biden Campaign to Embrace AI
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: It’s Time for the Biden Campaign to Embrace AI

Huff Post  

The stakes of the 2024 presidential election cannot be overstated. Given the president’s concerning performance last week, it’s time for the Biden campaign to consider leveraging artificial intelligence to effectively reach the voting public. AI augmentations and video renderings could serve to smooth out these bumps while allowing the Biden campaign to effectively disseminate true information about the state of …

Warning: that isn’t Rishi Sunak – how deepfake AI could swing the election
9 months, 1 week ago

Warning: that isn’t Rishi Sunak – how deepfake AI could swing the election

The Telegraph  

Just over a week before the General Election, millions of voters still don’t know which way to jump. This is the first “AI election” in this country, where disinformation generated by Artificial Intelligence could jeopardise the entire democratic process. Our mission was to use a mixture of real political messages alongside AI-generated fake material, deep fakes and general disinformation to …

Big Tech Is Giving Campaigns Both the Venom and the Antidote for GenAI
9 months, 1 week ago

Big Tech Is Giving Campaigns Both the Venom and the Antidote for GenAI

Wired  

The Biden campaign is facing its first major cheapfake scandal this week. It’s exactly the type of content the right-wing media apparatus drools over to play up Biden’s age, despite the clips being edited in a manner reminiscent of the drunk Nancy Pelosi video from last cycle. And while we’re all starting to get stressed over simple editing and cropping …

AI experimentation is high risk, high reward for low-profile political campaigns
9 months, 2 weeks ago

AI experimentation is high risk, high reward for low-profile political campaigns

Associated Press  

Adrian Perkins was running for reelection as the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, when he was surprised by a harsh campaign hit piece. National safeguards lacking Some local candidates already have faced criticism for deploying AI in misleading ways, from a Republican state senate candidate in Tennessee who used an AI headshot to make himself look slimmer and younger to Philadelphia’s …

AI could supercharge disinformation and disrupt EU elections, experts warn
9 months, 4 weeks ago

AI could supercharge disinformation and disrupt EU elections, experts warn

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the bloc’s parliament, in a major democratic exercise that’s also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation. “Russian state- He said Russia’s “information manipulation” efforts are taking advantage of increasing use of social media penetration “and cheap AI-assisted operations.” Bots are being used to push …

Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere
10 months ago

Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. The DNC, she said, “will continue to engage with our sister committees to discuss ideas and issues important to Democratic campaigns and to American voters, including AI.” “It’s not uncommon for ideas and plans to shift, especially in the midst of …

2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election
10 months ago

2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election

Wired  

I’m a reporter on the WIRED Politics desk, and I’m taking over for Makena this week to talk about politicians rising from the dead in India and the rapper Eminem endorsing opposition parties in South Africa. Or perhaps you’re one of the people whom WIRED contributors Nilesh Christopher and Varsha Bansal spoke to for this great WIRED feature, and who …

The WIRED AI Elections Project
10 months ago

The WIRED AI Elections Project

Wired  

In India and Indonesia, dead leaders are rising to throw their support behind their political successors; in South Africa, the rapper Eminem is endorsing opposition parties; and in the United States, President Joe Biden is telling voters in New Hampshire to stay home. But we’ve Experts know that generative AI is poised to drastically change the information landscape, but we’re …

Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” of the quickly developing technology. …

What to know about Trump strategist’s embrace of AI to help conservatives
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about Trump strategist’s embrace of AI to help conservatives

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Brad Parscale was the digital guru behind Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the 2016 election and was promoted to manage the 2020 campaign. Here’s what to know about Parscale and his new role: NEW AI-POWERED CAMPAIGN TOOLS Parscale says his company, Campaign Nucleus, can use AI to help generate customized emails, parse oceans of data to …

Hillary Clinton, election officials warn AI could threaten elections
1 year ago

Hillary Clinton, election officials warn AI could threaten elections

Live Mint  

Hillary Clinton and U.S. election officials said they are concerned disinformation generated and spread by artificial intelligence could threaten the 2024 presidential election. Clinton, a former secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate, said she thinks foreign actors like Russian President Vladimir Putin could use AI to interfere in elections in the U.S. and elsewhere. “Anybody who’s not worried is …

New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections
1 year ago

New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections

Al Jazeera  

The video that OpenAI released to unveil its new text-to-video tool, Sora, has to be seen to be believed. “We already need tougher measures from social media platforms on that existing problem.” Several companies that offer generative AI image makers, including Midjourney, OpenAI and Microsoft, have policies that are supposed to prevent users from generating misleading pictures. “And it tells …

Generative AI and elections are key focus for hackers in 2024, report warns
1 year, 1 month ago

Generative AI and elections are key focus for hackers in 2024, report warns

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hackers are turning to generative AI to help them scam people and will …

Major companies join forces to combat AI-generated election interference
1 year, 1 month ago

Major companies join forces to combat AI-generated election interference

Live Mint  

In a groundbreaking move, major technology companies have come together to voluntarily adopt measures aimed at preventing the malicious use of artificial intelligence tools to disrupt democratic elections globally. Recent instances of AI-generated election interference, such as robocalls mimicking U.S. President Joe Biden's voice and AI-generated audio recordings impersonating political candidates, highlight the urgency of addressing this issue. Lisa Gilbert, …

Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
1 year, 1 month ago

Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery

New Indian Express  

The vagueness of the commitments and lack of any binding requirements likely helped win over a diverse swath of companies, but disappointed advocates were looking for stronger assurances. “The language isn’t quite as strong as one might have expected,” said Rachel Orey, senior associate director of the Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “And in any event, no one …

Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
1 year, 1 month ago

Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery

Associated Press  

Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world. The accord is largely symbolic, but targets increasingly realistic AI-generated images, audio and video “that deceptively fake or alter the appearance, voice, or actions of political candidates, election officials, and other key stakeholders …

Tech companies plan to sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
1 year, 1 month ago

Tech companies plan to sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — At least six major technology companies are planning to sign an agreement this week that would guide how they try to put a stop to the use of artificial intelligence tools to disrupt democratic elections. Attempts at AI-generated election interference have already begun, such as when AI robocalls that mimicked U.S. President Joe Biden’s voice tried to …

"Terrifying": Expert outlines "endless" ways AI could "further fracture" elections and our democracy
1 year, 2 months ago

"Terrifying": Expert outlines "endless" ways AI could "further fracture" elections and our democracy

Salon  

Misinformation and disinformation have always posed a threat to elections, fostering distrust in the voting process and endangering election workers. In other election campaigns, we have seen “faked candidate content” spreading disinformation, Oren Etzioni, professor of Computer Science at the University of Washington and Founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, told Salon. “One of the prominent ways people …

AI Politicians Are Increasingly Easy To Make
1 year, 2 months ago

AI Politicians Are Increasingly Easy To Make

Huff Post  

This is NOT a photo of Joe Biden legalizing cannabis, because he's never done that. He didn’t really say that, and the New Hampshire attorney general’s office launched an investigation into the call, with a spokesperson saying it appeared to be an unlawful attempt to disrupt the primary and “suppress New Hampshire voters.” Artificial intelligence has advanced quickly in recent …

‘Abuse’: Politicians are fretting about AI stealing their faces and voices
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Abuse’: Politicians are fretting about AI stealing their faces and voices

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — We’re in the midst of the first deepfake election in U.S. history, and, if Congress keeps up at its current pace, expect to be bombarded with disinformation guised as the nation’s politicians. Schumer and a bipartisan group of senators even hosted rare all-Senate briefings that tackled AI issues.. With sarcasm dripping from his voice, Sen. Josh Hawley told …

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
1 year, 2 months ago

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You

Wired  

Many years before ChatGPT was released, my research group, the University of Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory, wondered whether it was possible to have neural networks generate misinformation. To achieve this, we trained ChatGPT’s predecessor, GPT-2, on examples of popular conspiracy theories and then asked it to generate fake news for us. In collaboration with YouGov, we used the AI-generated headlines …

From cartoon lions to channelling dead dictators, here's how artificial intelligence is being used in elections around the world
1 year, 2 months ago

From cartoon lions to channelling dead dictators, here's how artificial intelligence is being used in elections around the world

ABC  

Divyendra Singh Jadoun, an artificial intelligence expert based Rajasthan in northern India, gets asked to do two kinds of jobs for political campaigns. And with easy-to-use AI tools that give users the ability to create and manipulate realistic looking fake images, video and audio, experts warn the world is likely to see a "tsunami of disinformation". New apps have 'democratised' …

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay
1 year, 2 months ago

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay

The Hindu  

Bright banners tout the promise of artificial intelligence along the main promenade of Davos, but executives at the World Economic Forum say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers. Cloud and internet security company Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told Reuters that the months ahead may even feel like an "AI letdown". It also proved a good …

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions
1 year, 3 months ago

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions

LA Times  

One thing both skeptics and enthusiasts alike can agree on: Artificial intelligence will have a banner year in 2024. “In the next year, we may require AI systems to get a professional license,” said Amy Webb, chief executive of the Future Today Institute, a consulting firm. Bill Burton, former deputy press secretary for the Obama administration, predicted: “The most viewed …

Congressional candidate’s voter outreach tool is latest AI experiment ahead of 2024 elections
1 year, 3 months ago

Congressional candidate’s voter outreach tool is latest AI experiment ahead of 2024 elections

Associated Press  

A phone-banking tool powered entirely by artificial intelligence is getting its first real-world test in a Pennsylvania Democrat’s congressional campaign. In a conversation about snacks, it said Cheetos were “known for being both delicious and health-conscious.” That’s an example of an AI “ hallucination ” — a problem with still-evolving generative AI technology in which large language models tend to …

Most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024, shows new poll
1 year, 4 months ago

Most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024, shows new poll

Firstpost  

The poll found that nearly 6 in 10 adults think AI tools will increase the spread of false and misleading information during next year’s elections The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year’s presidential election at a scale never seen before. The poll …

Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year’s presidential election at a scale never seen before. The poll found that nearly 6 in 10 adults think AI tools — which can micro-target political audiences, mass produce persuasive messages, and generate …

Democrats Have A Plan To Confront Looming AI Threat In 2024
1 year, 8 months ago

Democrats Have A Plan To Confront Looming AI Threat In 2024

Huff Post  

Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Getty Images Recognizing the rise in artificial intelligence and the increase in social media platforms that campaigns will need to master, two premiere Democratic groups are teaming up to train a small army of digital campaign staffers ahead of the 2024 election. Priorities USA, a top Democratic super PAC, is partnering with Arena, a progressive group focused on …

Is America Ready For AI-Powered Politics?
1 year, 9 months ago

Is America Ready For AI-Powered Politics?

Huff Post  

Can the country’s elected leaders recognize when they are talking to a machine? In 2021, analysts at the CyberAI Project at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology fed the large language model GPT-3 three real “drops,” or message board posts, from “Q,” the supposed anonymous government insider behind QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory that alleges that Donald Trump’s opponents …

In San Francisco, Biden talks with tech leaders about risks and promises of artificial intelligence
1 year, 9 months ago

In San Francisco, Biden talks with tech leaders about risks and promises of artificial intelligence

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous promises” of artificial intelligence. “We’ll see more technological change in the next 10 years that we saw in the last 50 years,” Biden said as the meeting with eight technology experts from academia and advocacy groups kicked …

Deepfake democracy: How AI is bamboozling Congress and threatening Election 2024
1 year, 10 months ago

Deepfake democracy: How AI is bamboozling Congress and threatening Election 2024

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — America’s in the midst of its first AI-fueled election. “I haven't heard it talked about here,” Sen. Josh Hawley told Raw Story when asked about deepfakes and AI impacting Election 2024. It’s not that the the Capitol isn’t buzzing with AI regulatory chatter since OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before lawmakers last Tuesday — including telling Hawley that …

Beware Joe Biden, Donald Trump has got his hands on AI
1 year, 10 months ago

Beware Joe Biden, Donald Trump has got his hands on AI

Salon  

Several weeks ago, President Biden finally announced that he is seeking a second term in office. Related What the media missed from Trump by falling for his CNN distraction To wit, after his triumphant CNN fake town hall last Wednesday, Donald Trump shared a digitally altered fake video of Anderson Cooper saying, "That was President Donald Trump ripping us a …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead U.S. voters
1 year, 10 months ago

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead U.S. voters

The Hindu  

Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to have a …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
1 year, 10 months ago

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
1 year, 10 months ago

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

LA Times  

As the 2024 election approaches, experts are warning about the potential use of artificial intelligence to create synthetic media for the purposes of confusing voters or slandering a candidate. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to have a major impact.” AI experts can quickly rattle off a number …

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Thursday with the heads of Google, Microsoft and two other companies developing artificial intelligence as the Biden administration rolls out initiatives meant to ensure the rapidly evolving technology improves lives without putting people’s rights and safety at risk. But the White House also needs to take stronger action as AI systems built …

Joe Biden Wants Hackers’ Help to Keep AI Chatbots in Check
1 year, 10 months ago

Joe Biden Wants Hackers’ Help to Keep AI Chatbots in Check

Wired  

ChatGPT has stoked new hopes about the potential of artificial intelligence—but also new fears. Today the White House joined the chorus of concern, announcing it will support a mass hacking exercise at the Defcon security conference this summer to probe generative AI systems from companies including Google. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy also said that $140 …

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