{"id":2245085,"date":"2024-05-15T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-iran-had-fake-ai-content-ready-to-influence-2020-election-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:43:41","slug":"china-iran-had-fake-ai-content-ready-to-influence-2020-election-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-iran-had-fake-ai-content-ready-to-influence-2020-election-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: China and Iran Prepared Fake AI Content to Influence 2020 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fchina-iran-had-fake-ai-content-ready-to-influence-2020-election-report%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=2245085&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--><p>The \u200carticle \u200ddiscusses the presence of\u2064 fake, AI-generated \u200ccontent by\u200b agents from China and Iran aiming to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election. \u2064The National Security Agency confirmed China and Iran&#8217;s \u2062deepfake\u200c capabilities. Adversaries\u200b like China, Russia, and Iran \u2063are strategically using AI to weaken U.S. influence, employing disinformation \u200dcampaigns and advancing military capabilities. In November 2021, the Department of Justice charged two Iranian nationals for their involvement in a cyber-enabled \u2064campaign to sway American voters\u200b and \u2062sow discord during the 2020 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to U.S. officials, agents working with the Chinese and Iranian governments had fake, AI-generated\u00a0content\u00a0ready to release in 2020 so they could influence the American presidential election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Security Agency found evidence of China and Iran\u2019s capacity to produce deepfakes, a source told <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/15\/politics\/us-intelligence-china-iran-deepfakes-2020-election\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe question becomes how quickly can we spot an anomaly and then share that rapidly within the United States,\u201d a former senior U.S. official told CNN. \u201cAre we winning the race against a series of adversaries that might operate within the US? That\u2019s the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLeading adversaries of the United States \u2014 China, Russia, and Iran \u2014 are strategically utilizing AI to diminish U.S. influence in targeted regions by employing tactics such as disinformation campaigns and the advancement of unmanned military capabilities,\u201d Concentric <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concentric.io\/blog\/the-global-landscape-of-ai-development-china-russia-and-irans-strategies-and-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> last November, adding, \u201cChina now has at least 130 large language models (LLMs), accounting for 40 percent of the global total and just behind America\u2019s 50 percent share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In November 2021, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed\">Department of Justice<\/a> charged \u201ctwo Iranian nationals for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate and influence American voters, and otherwise undermine voter confidence and sow discord, in connection with the 2020 U.S. presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715771734791000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3RAccFxpm5CI2m5KR1E_Ul\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The FBI issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20509703\/fbipin-3102021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alert<\/a> in March that stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Malicious actors almost certainly will leverage synthetic content for cyber and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-say-meena-harris-social-media-posts-could-interfere-with-u-s-diplomacy-with-india\/\" title=\"Officials say Meena Harris social media posts could interfere with U.S. diplomacy with India\">foreign influence operations<\/a> in the next 12-18 months. Foreign actors are currently using synthetic content in their influence campaigns, and the FBI anticipates it will be increasingly used by foreign and criminal cyber actors for spearphishing and social engineering in an evolution of cyber operational tradecraft. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Russian, Chinese, and Chinese-language actors are using synthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-locked-out-of-twitter-account-for-posting-graphic-hunting-photo\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Locked Out Of Twitter Account For Posting \u2018Graphic\u2019 Hunting Photo\">profile images<\/a> derived from GANs, according to multiple private sector research reports. These profile images are associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-twitter-files-released-revealing-tech-giants-embrace-of-intel-community\/\" title=\"The latest \"Twitter Files\" Technology Giant Reveals His Embrace for Intel Community\">foreign influence campaigns<\/a>, according to the same sources.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The FBI discussed how to ascertain whether an image could be fake:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Visual indicators such as distortions, warping, or inconsistencies in images and video may be an indicator of synthetic images, particularly in social media profile avatars. For example, distinct, consistent eye spacing and placement across a wide sample of synthetic images provides one indicator of synthetic content. Similar visual inconsistencies are typically present in synthetic video, often demonstrated by noticeable head and torso movements as well as syncing issues between face and lip movement, and any associated audio.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. officials uncovered plans by Chinese and Iranian agents to deploy AI-generated fake content during the 2020 election to sway American voters. The National Security Agency identified China and Iran&#8217;s deepfake capabilities. 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