{"id":1930966,"date":"2023-05-15T01:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T05:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-presents-political-peril-for-2024-with-threat-to-mislead-voters\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T02:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T06:03:35","slug":"ai-presents-political-peril-for-2024-with-threat-to-mislead-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-presents-political-peril-for-2024-with-threat-to-mislead-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"AI poses political danger in 2024 by deceiving voters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fai-presents-political-peril-for-2024-with-threat-to-mislead-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1930966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>AI-Generated Political Disinformation: A Threat to Democracy<\/h2>\n<h3>The Rise of Deepfakes<\/h3>\n<p>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. The synthetic images that emerged were often crude, unconvincing and costly to produce, especially when other kinds of misinformation were so inexpensive and easy to spread on social media. The threat posed by AI and so-called deepfakes always seemed a year or two away. No more.<\/p>\n<p>Sophisticated generative AI tools can now create cloned human voices and hyper-realistic images, videos and audio in seconds, at minimal cost. When strapped to powerful social media algorithms, this fake and digitally created content can spread far and fast and target highly specific audiences, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-presents-political-peril-for-2024-with-threat-to-mislead-voters\/\" title=\"AI poses political danger in 2024 by deceiving voters.\">potentially taking campaign dirty tricks<\/a> to a new low.<\/p>\n<h3>The Implications for the 2024 Campaigns and Elections<\/h3>\n<p>The implications for the 2024 campaigns and elections are as large as they are troubling: Generative AI can not only rapidly produce targeted campaign emails, texts or videos, it also could be used to mislead voters, impersonate candidates and undermine elections on a scale and at a speed not yet seen. \u201cWe\u2019re not prepared for this,\u201d warned A.J. Nash, vice president of intelligence at the cybersecurity firm ZeroFox. \u201dTo me, the big leap forward is the audio and video capabilities that have emerged. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it\u2019s going to have a major impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Alarming Scenarios<\/h3>\n<p>AI experts can quickly rattle off a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-says-his-heart-aches-greatly-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"Pope Francis Says His Heart \u2018Aches Greatly\u2019 for Ukraine\">alarming scenarios<\/a> in which generative AI is used to create synthetic media for the purposes of confusing voters, slandering a candidate or even inciting violence. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automated robocall messages, in a candidate\u2019s voice, instructing voters to cast ballots on the wrong date<\/li>\n<li>Audio recordings of a candidate supposedly confessing to a crime or expressing racist views<\/li>\n<li>Video footage showing someone giving a speech or interview they never gave<\/li>\n<li>Fake images designed to look like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-voter-registration-group-under-investigation-for-election-law-violations\/\" title=\"Warnock Voter-Registration Group Under Investigation for Election Law Violations\">local news reports<\/a>, falsely claiming a candidate dropped out of the race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, who is running in 2024, has shared AI-generated content with his followers on social media. A manipulated video of CNN host Anderson Cooper that Trump shared on his Truth Social platform on Friday, which distorted Cooper\u2019s reaction to the CNN town hall this past week with Trump, was created using an AI voice-cloning tool.<\/p>\n<h3>The Need for Guardrails<\/h3>\n<p>Legislation that would require candidates to label campaign advertisements created with AI has been introduced in the House by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., who has also sponsored legislation that would require anyone creating synthetic images to add a watermark indicating the fact. Some states have offered their own proposals for addressing concerns about deepfakes.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke said her greatest fear is that generative AI could be used before the 2024 election to create a video or audio that incites violence and turns Americans against each other. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we keep up with the technology,\u201d Clarke told The Associated Press. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to set up some guardrails. People can be deceived, and it only takes a split second. People are busy with their lives and they don\u2019t have the time to check every piece of information. AI being weaponized, in a political season, it could be extremely disruptive.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Rise of AI in Political Campaigning<\/h3>\n<p>Other forms of artificial intelligence have for years been a feature of political campaigning, using data and algorithms to automate tasks such as targeting voters on social media or tracking down donors. Campaign strategists and tech entrepreneurs hope the most recent innovations will offer some positives in 2024, too.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Nellis, CEO of the progressive digital agency Authentic, said he uses ChatGPT \u201cevery single day\u201d and encourages his staff to use it, too, as long as any content drafted with the tool is reviewed by human eyes afterward. Nellis\u2019 newest project, in partnership with Higher Ground Labs, is an AI tool called Quiller. It will write, send and evaluate the effectiveness of fundraising emails \u2013- all typically tedious tasks on campaigns. \u201cThe idea is every Democratic strategist, every Democratic candidate will have a copilot in their pocket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 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. 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