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China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns
(www.theguardian.com)
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Not defending the CCP, but I would submit that every country is using AI to undermine other nations including their own.
Yep. There's a tendency to single out China's bad behavior for stuff other world powers (including the U.S. for sure) also do.
A great example is China's meddling in Canadian politics these last few years. An ex-RCMP official pointed out that a lot of other countries do it, including allies. He singled out Russia and India, but also the U.S. (I mean, how could the U.S. not try to influence their neighbors' politics.)
But China makes the headlines, every single time.
The US has been meddling in other countries elections for the last hundred years, and if they don't get their way they impose sanctions, organise a coups and commence other destabilisation efforts.
I suspect that the end is coming for misinformation as AI is making it easier and easier to spread, which is having the effect of simply forcing people to actually think for themselves.