UNDER A NEW CONTRACT. AS ELECTION DAY TICKS CLOSER, THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL DISINFORMATION TARGETING VOTERS, AND THE GOAL IS TO IMPACT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. EVEN SUPPRESS VOTES. AND TONIGHT, FIVE INVESTIGATES BRITTANY JOHNSON IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH US. AND AND HOW THAT DISINFORMATION IS SPREADING AND WHAT VOTERS NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR. BRITTANY ED MARIA. THE FBI SAYS THIS THREAT TAKES A LOT OF FORMS, INCLUDING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE AND SPREAD MISLEADING AND FAKE CONTENT. A PROFESSOR WE SPOKE WITH TELLS US HOW A.I. IS CAPABLE OF GENERATING SOPHISTICATED MATERIAL TO DECEIVE VOTERS AND DETER THEM FROM CASTING A BALLOT. WE’RE DAYS AWAY FROM THE 2024 ELECTION, AND AS ALL EYES ARE ON THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE’S GROWING CONCERN THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS BEING USED TO SPREAD DISINFORMATION LIES TO CAST DOUBT ON THE ELECTION PROCESS OR INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME. YOU ARE CREATING FALSE INFORMATION TO ERODE PUBLIC TRUST. OGNJEN RAGHUNATHAN IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY’S CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY INSTITUTE. HE SAYS THE CONCERN ABOUT A.I. IS IT’S GROWING ABILITY TO CREATE FAKE IMAGES, VIDEOS, PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES AND OTHER WEAPONS, WHICH CAN DETER VOTERS FROM THE POLLS. FAKE VIDEOS GENERATED ABOUT THESE LONG LINES AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO AND VOTE WILL NOT ACTUALLY GO, BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A REALLY LONG LINE. THERE’S A LOT OF PROBLEMS. WHY DO I HAVE TO GO AND VOTE? VOTER SUPPRESSION THROUGH DISINFORMATION ISN’T NEW, BUT THE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SAYS FAKE INFORMATION GENERATED WITH AI IS MAKING THE PROCESS EASIER AND MORE SOPHISTICATED. THE PROGRESS IN AI HAS BEEN SO ASTONISHING THAT IT’S REALLY IT’S GETTING REALLY GOOD. MEANING IT BECOMES HARDER AND HARDER TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN FACT AND FAKE INFORMATION, WHICH CAN CAUSE FURTHER DOUBT AMONGST VOTERS. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT’S ACTUALLY TRUE OR NOT, IS TO DIG IN AND FIND THE ACTUAL TRUTH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WHOLE VIRAL FEATURE IS JUST MAKING IT MORE AND MORE HARD FOR US TO FIGURE OUT. REPORTER THE FBI ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION THEY’RE BEING EXPOSED TO, AND MAKE SURE IT’S RELIABLE. WE WILL HAVE TIPS ON OUR WEBSITE ON HOW TO FURTHER EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THESE FAKE AI GENERATED IMAGES ON OUR WEBSITE, WCVB.COM. LI
How artificial intelligence is being used to deter voters
Up to date: 8:56 PM EDT Nov 1, 2024
As Election Day nears there is a rising concern that artificial intelligence is being used to unfold disinformation — lies — to forged doubt on the election course of or affect the result.Aanjhan Ranganathan, Northeastern College Affiliate Professor at Northeastern College’s Cybersecurity and Privateness Institute, stated persons are “creating false info to erode public belief.”Ranganathan stated the priority about AI is its rising means to create pretend photos, movies, cellphone calls, textual content messages, and different weapons, which may deter voters from the polls.”This could trigger every kind of issues, together with voter suppression, inflicting info with respect to how troublesome it is to vote immediately,” Ranganathan advised 5 Investigates. “There’s lengthy traces, which signifies that there will be pretend movies generated about these lengthy traces, and individuals who need to go and vote is not going to truly go as a result of they might say, okay, this is a very lengthy line, there’s a number of issues, why do I’ve to go and vote?”Voter suppression by way of disinformation is not new, however the affiliate professor stated, pretend info generated on AI makes the method simpler and extra refined. He added it is changing into more durable to distinguish between reality and faux info, which may trigger additional doubt amongst voters.”Sadly, it is an especially onerous drawback immediately, and the one means we will perceive whether or not it is truly true or not, is to dig in and discover the precise fact,” stated Ranganathan. “However sadly, the social media and the propagation of knowledge and the entire important function is simply making it increasingly more onerous for us to determine.”The FBI encourages folks to critically consider the supply of the knowledge they’re being uncovered to and ensure it is dependable.The company has recommendations on how folks can additional educate themselves on pretend AI-generated photos.
As Election Day nears there is a rising concern that artificial intelligence is being used to unfold disinformation — lies — to forged doubt on the election course of or affect the result.
Aanjhan Ranganathan, Northeastern College Affiliate Professor at Northeastern College’s Cybersecurity and Privateness Institute, stated persons are “creating false info to erode public belief.”
Ranganathan stated the priority about AI is its rising means to create pretend photos, movies, cellphone calls, textual content messages, and different weapons, which may deter voters from the polls.
“This could trigger every kind of issues, together with voter suppression, inflicting info with respect to how troublesome it is to vote immediately,” Ranganathan advised 5 Investigates. “There’s lengthy traces, which signifies that there will be pretend movies generated about these lengthy traces, and individuals who need to go and vote is not going to truly go as a result of they might say, okay, this is a very lengthy line, there’s a number of issues, why do I’ve to go and vote?”
Voter suppression by way of disinformation is not new, however the affiliate professor stated, pretend info generated on AI makes the method simpler and extra refined.
He added it is changing into more durable to distinguish between reality and faux info, which may trigger additional doubt amongst voters.
“Sadly, it is an especially onerous drawback immediately, and the one means we will perceive whether or not it is truly true or not, is to dig in and discover the precise fact,” stated Ranganathan. “However sadly, the social media and the propagation of knowledge and the entire important function is simply making it increasingly more onerous for us to determine.”
The FBI encourages folks to critically consider the supply of the knowledge they’re being uncovered to and ensure it is dependable.
The company has tips on how folks can additional educate themselves on pretend AI-generated photos.