After an incident in the US area code
Meta works with specialists to combat disinformation
February 26, 2024, 3:28 p.m
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Critics have long been warning about the dangers of AI-falsified content. This concern grows as efforts to influence the US primaries come January. Meta is now forming a team of specialists to combat fake news and AI misuse.
Before the European elections in June, Facebook parent company Meta wants to take action with a team of specialists against misinformation and the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI). “We use our Elections Operations Center to identify potential threats and take countermeasures in real time,” wrote Marco Pancini, who is responsible for the US company’s relations with the European Union, in a blog post.
The group is made up of experts from different areas. With the rise of so-called generative AI like ChatGPT, millions of texts, images, videos and sound recordings can be created. Critics have long been warning about the dangers to democracy posed by deceptively real content faked by AI. In January, AI was apparently intended to influence the US Democratic primaries in New Hampshire.
At that time, voters received an automated call in which US President Joe Biden allegedly asked them to stay at home. Almost two weeks ago, the ChatGPT developer OpenAI, its major shareholder Microsoft, Meta and other technology companies committed to working together in the fight against election interference using AI.