Experts warn: Artificial intelligence could threaten British and US elections next year

Written by Rabab Fathi

Saturday, May 20, 2023 04:42 PM

Elections in Britain and the US next year could be marked by AI-powered disinformation, experts have warned, as deeply fake images, text and videos spread at the behest of swarms of AI-powered campaign bots.

Sam Altman, CEO, said OpenAI InnovatorChatGPT A few days ago, before a congressional hearing in Washington, the models behind the latest generation of artificial intelligence technology could manipulate users..

He said: “The general ability of these models to manipulate and coerce, provide one-on-one interactive misinformation is of great concern.“.

The UK will lead the fight to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday.

Professor Michael Wooldridge, director of the AI ​​Research Foundation at the Alan Turing Institute in the UK, said his main concern was AI-powered misinformation..

explained “Right now, in terms of my concern about artificial intelligence, it’s top of the list with the upcoming elections in the UK and the US, and we know that social media is an incredibly powerful channel for disinformation, but we also know that AI can create disinformation. Industrial size “.

Chatbots like Wooldridge said ChatGPT Personalized disinformation can be created to target, for example, a conservative voter, a metropolitan labor voter, or a midwestern Republican supporter..