WSJ: China Using AI To Spread Disinfo To US Voters

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Online actors linked to the Chinese government are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to target voters in the U.S., Taiwan and elsewhere with disinformation, according to new cybersecurity research and U.S. officials.

The Chinese-linked campaigns laundered false information through fake accounts on social-media platforms, seeking to identify divisive domestic political issues and potentially influence elections.

The tactics identified in a new cyber-threat report published Friday by Microsoft are among the first uncovered that directly tie the use of generative AI to a covert state-funded operation.

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Online actors linked to China are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to target voters in the U.S., Taiwan and elsewhere with disinformation, research finds https://t.co/XfMwmKJtIR https://t.co/XfMwmKJtIR

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