Google DeepMind research says creating images, videos and audio that impersonate humans is nearly twice as common as creating misinformation using tools like AI chatbots.
The analysis found that the most common goal of actors abusing synthetic AI was to shape or influence public opinion, accounting for 27% of uses, raising concerns about how deepfakes could influence elections around the world this year.
Fake artwork of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appeared on TikTok and Instagram ahead of the general election. Photo: AFP
Deepfakes of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other global leaders have appeared on TikTok, X and Instagram in recent months. British voters go to the polls next week in a general election.
There are concerns that, despite social media's efforts to label or remove such content, audiences may not recognize it as fake and that its dissemination could influence voters.
Ardi Janjeva, a research associate at the Alan Turing Institute, called the paper's findings "particularly relevant," that public information generated by AI can "distort our shared understanding of sociopolitical reality."
“Even if we are not certain about the impact of deepfakes on voting behavior, this distortion can be difficult to detect in the short term and poses long-term risks to democracy,” Janjeva added.
“There have been a lot of concerns around the quite sophisticated cyberattacks that are being created using these tools,” said researcher Nahema Marchal, lead author of the study at Google DeepMind.
Researchers from Google DeepMind and Jigsaw analyzed about 200 cases of AI misuse between January 2023 and March 2024, taken from social networks X and Reddit, as well as online blogs and media reports of misuse.
The second most common motivation behind abuse is monetization, including creating nude photos of real people or using AI to generate a variety of content, such as fake news articles. Most scenarios involve accessible tools that “require minimal technical expertise,” meaning many bad actors can abuse AI creatively.
Ngoc Anh (according to FT)
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