Only recently, Microsoft warned that China has been using AI-generated images to sow discord among US voters. Now, real people are sharing the same divisive images without realizing that they are, in fact, sharing fake content.
Naturally, the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., hit back, claiming that there has been “malicious speculation” circling in the media against China.
But since March this year, there has been increasing evidence that China has been using generative AI to create viral content that divides US voters on social media.
In fact, they’re getting better at it every day. Various China-affiliated actors are leveraging AI-generated visual media in a well-taught broad campaign that mainly focuses on politically divisive topics, like gun violence.
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If these AMERICANS ARE SO IGNORANT TO BELIEVE CHINESE INTERFERES INTO OUR SOCIETY THERE IS NO HELP!
I AM 76 YEARS OLD AND HAVE LIVED THRU VIETNAM, NIXON, AND NOW TRUMP IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH GO!
NOW THESE REPUBLICANS ARE CHINESE LOVERS, OR SOUTH KOREA LOVERS, ETC.
IF THESE PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT THEY BELIEVE LIES THERE IS NO HELP FOR THEM!
I am alarmed by articles such as this about the Chinese Communist Party’s effort to divide this country by distributing propaganda or misleading information (is there a difference?) that if read or heard in or of itself, causes dissension among the populace. The subject matter is not limited to gun violence given as an example in the article – it may also be about mundane things such as the ever-growing polls that elevate the popularity of the 45th POTUS to a point high above what any other campaign challenger can even dream of reaching. Deception aimed at the less well-informed citizens of the USA may be extremely beneficial to foreign powers.
THANK YOU.
What is the big deal !!! We have been doing it for who knows how long.
Do what I do, stay away from all political news and then just vote for the Republican of your choice but vote. Ha ha ha. An old line from a 1960 JFK First Family comedy album that said “Vote for the Kennedy of your choice but vote. “
Listen to news but do your search and use your own intelligence to draw a conclusion.
Make my own decisions about the political race.
China has a big problem because it’s population is decreasing. There is nothing they can do to change that so they engage in cover-up. Any country with decreasing population will not be around for long.
The only AI that I know of is trump and that actually intelligent
You could have, at the bare minimum, shown us at least one way the Chinese were doing it. Or is this part of their evil plot?
Voting in America is really a hoax. The Party in power enjoys the illusion that they were elected by a democratic process but it’s all an illusion created by the founders of the country to attempt to satisfy the general uneducated populace.