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According to Microsoft, China aims to amplify AI-crafted content favorable to their agenda in anticipation of the upcoming U.S. presidential race
Expressing apprehension about China’s utilization of AI for propagating misinformation and influencing overseas elections, Microsoft Threat Intelligence recently published a report taht indicates China intends to, at the very least, fabricate and propagate AI-generated content advantageous to its interests leading up to significant elections in the United States, South Korea, and India. The cybersecurity experts and analysts at Microsoft discovered that an online entity affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, referred to as “Spamouflage” or “Dragonbridge,” has initiated the deployment of AI to sway public sentiment in Taiwan and Canada.
Prior to the presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan on January 13, Spamouflage employed AI to create fabricated audio recordings of a former candidate, who had withdrawn from the race months earlier, endorsing another contender.
“This marks the inaugural instance where Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed a nation-state actor resorting to AI-generated content to influence a foreign election,” the researchers noted.
Furthermore, the China-backed entity, dubiously tagged with another moniker by Microsoft, “Storm-1376,” utilized tools from ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to produce videos featuring an AI-generated news anchor alleging U.S. and Indian involvement in unrest within Myanmar. Microsoft reported that Spamouflage produced AI-enhanced videos aimed at Canadian parliamentarians and disseminated AI-generated images purporting that the U.S. government triggered wildfires in Maui while experimenting with a “weather manipulation device.”
*Source: Quartz