That the abuse ofArtificial intelligence can be very dangerous is already known to everyone. THE cybercriminaliin fact, they exploited the potential of this technology with malicious applications in record time, creating malware and campaigns phishing highly effective.
Too many, however, underestimate the risks of this in electoral contexts. In fact, AI fraud could heavily influence the 2024 elections, a year full of events that could influence the entire global political landscape.
In this context, Google, Amazon, Meta, X, TikTok e OpenAI they are part of the 20 technology giants committed to eliminating content created through AI considered fraudulent with a political theme.
The large group of companies signed an agreement on the occasion recently Munich Security Conference, with an operation involving electoral content generated through AI. In this sense, companies promise to to prevent, detect, evaluate e identify any fraud, as well as raise public awareness I respect this risk.
The 2024 elections will be about fighting AI manipulation
To implement the plan, there is talk of developing systems to classify content, including watermark e metadatawhich AI-related tools will have to implement for easy identification of images, videos and audio.
The plan for the 2024 elections, as reported by the document, will target the contents that “Falsify or deceptively alter one’s appearance, voice, or actions” of political candidates, election officials and other key stakeholders in an election, or who push fraudulent information to the public about where, when and how to vote.
This move by the big tech companies is due to the importance of this year on the electoral level, with ben four billion voters in 40 countries preparing for the polls. In this context, it is a great test case for AI and its potential dangers.
The agreement ends with a clear position taken by the signatories “We affirm that protecting electoral integrity and public trust is a shared responsibility and a common good that transcends partisan interests and national borders“.
On the other hand, the increasing number of abuse of the technique known as Deepfake represents a clear warning and the stance taken by the giants of the sector was a very useful move for voters.