{"id":1971415,"date":"2023-07-12T21:05:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-ai-can-undermine-elections-and-tip-the-scale-in-close-races-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:08:52","slug":"bill-gates-ai-can-undermine-elections-and-tip-the-scale-in-close-races-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-ai-can-undermine-elections-and-tip-the-scale-in-close-races-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates warns that AI can disrupt elections and sway close races."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbill-gates-ai-can-undermine-elections-and-tip-the-scale-in-close-races-2%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=1971415&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0712\/44d47159-5243-40d4-859d-03c369b16fe6\/audio.mp3?length=5003181&#038;duration=417\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Bill Gates Warns of AI Manipulating Elections<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has issued a warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) in manipulating elections. In a blog post on July 11, Gates expressed concerns that AI-generated deepfakes and misinformation could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-letter-by-ted-cruz-and-6-gop-senators-and-4-senators-elect-sign-letter-to-reject-election-call-for-election-commission-10-day-emergency-audit-takes-place\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Letter by Ted Cruz and 6 GOP Senators and 4 Senators-Elect Sign Letter to Reject Election \u2013 Call For Election Commission 10-Day Emergency Audit Takes Place\">undermine democracy<\/a> by influencing election outcomes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDeepfakes and misinformation generated by AI could undermine elections and democracy \u2026 AI-generated deepfakes could be used to try to tilt an election,\u201d Gates said. \u201cThere are already phony videos that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-ai-can-undermine-elections-and-tip-the-scale-in-close-races\/\" title=\"Bill Gates warns: AI can sway elections and tilt close races.\">feature fabricated footage<\/a> of well-known politicians. Imagine that on the morning of a major election, a video showing one of the candidates robbing a bank goes viral. It\u2019s fake, but it takes news outlets and the campaign several hours to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many people will see it and change their votes at the last minute? It could tip the scales, especially in a close election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ability of AI to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-ai-can-undermine-elections-and-tip-the-scale-in-close-races-2\/\" title=\"Bill Gates warns that AI can disrupt elections and sway close races.\">create realistic imagery makes<\/a> it a powerful tool for spreading misinformation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-instagram-war-zelensky-reveals-location-in-selfie-video-declares-he-is-not-hiding\/\" title=\"The Instagram War: Zelensky Reveals Location in Selfie Video, Declares He Is 'Not Hiding'\">influencing public opinion<\/a>. As AI technology advances, it becomes easier to create high-quality content that can be targeted towards specific populations to sway their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-texas-med-school-read-robin-diangelo-ta-nehisi-coates-1619-project-to-become-anti-racist\/\" title=\"University Of Texas Med School: Read Robin DiAngelo, Ta-Nehisi Coates, 1619 Project To Become \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019\">political preferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, there have been instances of fake AI imagery being used in political campaigns. For example, a video shared on Twitter showed images of former President Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci, which were later revealed to be deepfakes. Such incidents raise concerns about the potential impact of AI on elections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his concerns, Gates acknowledges that AI also has the potential to help identify and counter deepfakes. Companies like Intel and government agencies like DARPA are working on technologies to detect manipulated videos and audio.<\/p>\n<p>Gates believes that with time, people will become more skeptical and learn to verify the authenticity of content, just as they have with email scams. He emphasizes the need to develop the ability to discern deepfakes and not be easily deceived.<\/p>\n<h3>Manipulating Elections with AI<\/h3>\n<p>In a commentary for The Epoch Times, Anders Corr, a principal at Corr Analytics Inc., explains how AI poses a threat to democratic systems. He highlights the potential of AI to influence political decision-making through micro-targeting and subtle propaganda.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5302255\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/31\/id5302255-GettyImages-1404662443.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/31\/id5302255-GettyImages-1404662443.jpg\" alt=\"Ai-DA, the world\u2019s first robot artist, paints portraits of the headline acts in the Ai-DA Robot Booth in the Shangri La Field, during day two of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Glastonbury, England, on June 23, 2022. (Leon Neal\/Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, has already implemented restrictions on the use of its AI tools for political campaigning or lobbying. Calls for legal restrictions on the use of AI in politics are growing, with organizations like Public Citizen urging the U.S. Federal Election Commission to ban political deepfakes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>concerns raised by Bill Gates about the potential of artificial intelligence to manipulate elections. He warns that AI-generated deepfakes and misinformation could undermine democracy by influencing close races. Gates emphasizes the need to address this issue as AI technologies advance, as they could be used to tilt election results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":1971416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}