Russia, Iran use AI to boost anti-U.S. influence campaigns, officials say | American intelligence officials say Moscow’s efforts, aimed mostly at undermining Harris, are the most aggressive.
Russia, Iran use AI to boost anti-U.S. influence campaigns, officials say | American intelligence officials say Moscow’s efforts, aimed mostly at undermining Harris, are the most aggressive.
The country that has just allowed AIPAC to pour over $100million interfering with US elections, and directly interferes in the elections and economies of other nations needs to sit down.
supercyberlurker on
Well, we had a bunch of warnings about how AI generated content would make it hard to know truth from hoax, because it would quickly get nebulous which were proving/disproving the actual things.
.. and.. here we are.
MetaKnowing on
From the article (soft paywall):
“Russia, the most aggressive and skilled of the three countries, is emphasizing stories and comments that demean the Democratic presidential candidate’s personal qualities or positions, officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI said in a briefing for reporters.
Russia has doctored clips of Harris’s speeches to replace some of her words, an ODNI official told The Washington Post, and has used generative AI to create false text, photos, video and audio.
Officials said they agreed with a determination by Microsoft researchers a week ago that Russia was behind a viral staged video in which an actress falsely claimed that Harris had injured her in a hit-and-run car accident, garnering millions of view.
But they did point to a recent indictment and related documents this month alleging that Russian officials invested $10 million in a Tennessee media company that paid well-known right-wing influencers for videos that promoted Russian interests, such as opposing U.S. aid to Ukraine. The influencers themselves were not charged with any crimes, and most have said they did not know the company was backed by Russia.
Russia is continuing to use unwitting or witting Americans to spread its messages, the officials said, as well as imitating websites of established media and using human commenters to drive traffic to those sites, which contain articles generated by AI.
Like Russia, Iran and China have promoted content that aims to exacerbate domestic divisions, the group said. Iran has been seeking to build on differences over the war in Gaza and using AI to create faked news articles in English and Spanish. China has focused on drug use, immigration and abortion.
Iran has acted to hurt Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump’s prospects, including by breaching his campaign and sending stolen documents to the media. China is more interested in lower-level campaigns where the candidates might support or oppose its priorities, the officials said.”
OrdinaryReaction7341 on
Common knowledge at this point. What candidate they do or do not support is irrelevant. What they really want is the US to be polarized and weakened from within. The people who make their entire personality Harris or Trump are their instruments. You aren’t on the right side of history, your mind and data are being manipulated lol.
captainjizzpants on
Don’t even need Russia for slandering Harris. I get pamphlets in the mailbox saying she’s gonna destroy the country. I mean, it is kinda impressive if Trump can see the future, not gonna lie. A fictional, made up future in his head, I’m sure. But still impressive, I guess.
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The country that has just allowed AIPAC to pour over $100million interfering with US elections, and directly interferes in the elections and economies of other nations needs to sit down.
Well, we had a bunch of warnings about how AI generated content would make it hard to know truth from hoax, because it would quickly get nebulous which were proving/disproving the actual things.
.. and.. here we are.
From the article (soft paywall):
“Russia, the most aggressive and skilled of the three countries, is emphasizing stories and comments that demean the Democratic presidential candidate’s personal qualities or positions, officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI said in a briefing for reporters.
Russia has doctored clips of Harris’s speeches to replace some of her words, an ODNI official told The Washington Post, and has used generative AI to create false text, photos, video and audio.
Officials said they agreed with a determination by Microsoft researchers a week ago that Russia was behind a viral staged video in which an actress falsely claimed that Harris had injured her in a hit-and-run car accident, garnering millions of view.
But they did point to a recent indictment and related documents this month alleging that Russian officials invested $10 million in a Tennessee media company that paid well-known right-wing influencers for videos that promoted Russian interests, such as opposing U.S. aid to Ukraine. The influencers themselves were not charged with any crimes, and most have said they did not know the company was backed by Russia.
Russia is continuing to use unwitting or witting Americans to spread its messages, the officials said, as well as imitating websites of established media and using human commenters to drive traffic to those sites, which contain articles generated by AI.
Like Russia, Iran and China have promoted content that aims to exacerbate domestic divisions, the group said. Iran has been seeking to build on differences over the war in Gaza and using AI to create faked news articles in English and Spanish. China has focused on drug use, immigration and abortion.
Iran has acted to hurt Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump’s prospects, including by breaching his campaign and sending stolen documents to the media. China is more interested in lower-level campaigns where the candidates might support or oppose its priorities, the officials said.”
Common knowledge at this point. What candidate they do or do not support is irrelevant. What they really want is the US to be polarized and weakened from within. The people who make their entire personality Harris or Trump are their instruments. You aren’t on the right side of history, your mind and data are being manipulated lol.
Don’t even need Russia for slandering Harris. I get pamphlets in the mailbox saying she’s gonna destroy the country. I mean, it is kinda impressive if Trump can see the future, not gonna lie. A fictional, made up future in his head, I’m sure. But still impressive, I guess.