This article is part of a series, Bots and Ballots: How artificial intelligence is reshaping elections worldwide. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT went public in late 2022, artificial intelligence — everything from chatbots and deepfake videos to perceived apocalyptic threats associated with the technology — has taken the world by storm. But the public’s awareness of the …
The headline claimed heavy missiles had struck Tel Aviv, triggering panic among users worldwide. On 1st April, Israel targeted a building within the Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, killing two generals and other officers of the Quds Force. Later, at a public funeral held for the slain commanders and officers, Iran declared its intention to …
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. With all the legal drama surrounding Elon Musk and OpenAI these past few days, an important AI headline has fallen through the cracks. A pair of researchers said it took them just two seconds to remove watermarks intended to indicate content was generated by AI. It’s not the …
During a recent gathering at the US Embassy in London, James Rubin, the US special envoy and coordinator of the Global Engagement Centre (GEC), underscored the significance of support from allies in combating information warfare originating from Russia, China, Iran and various terrorist groups. The majority of their efforts are directed towards Russia and China, …
Opinion editorial By Post Editorial Board Published Feb. 10, 2024, 2:10 p.m. ET Get ready, America: Joe “Big Brother” Biden wants to make sure you only see and hear what his minions think is appropriate. The Biden administration has been spending millions on R&D for AI-powered tools meant to sniff out “disinformation,” reports the House …
News By Lydia Moynihan Published Feb. 6, 2024, 6:00 a.m. ET The New York Post’s story on Hunter Biden’s laptop was banned on Twitter. vmodica Twitter’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 could soon be possible on an industrial scale — thanks to AI tools being built with funding from his father’s …
A bipartisan Senate duo is pressing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to help prepare state and local officials to ward off artificial intelligence-produced disinformation targeted at voters. In a new letter exclusively obtained by CBS News, Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins shared that they have “serious concerns” while urging …
warning of the threat of deepfakes, videos and images generated by AI that are so good that they can’t be distinguished from the real thing. Text was written from scratch by the photographer (an experienced journalist), who also did the design and shot the image (properly model-released), so this image is free of third-party copyright …
While there are some tools on the market that work in a similar way to Altitude, they are prohibitively expensive for a lot of smaller companies. Experts like Green believe that tools like this need to be open source and free of charge. The new tool can be integrated straight into the backend of whatever …
Disinformation is deliberately generated misleading content disseminated for selfish or malicious purposes. Unlike misinformation, which may be shared unwittingly or with good intentions, disinformation aims to foment distrust, destabilize institutions, discredit good intentions, defame opponents and delegitimize sources of knowledge such as science and journalism. Many governments engage in disinformation campaigns. For instance, the Russian government …