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China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters

AI Incident Database · article · Apr 5, 2024 · UTC

AI tools linked to China were used to disseminate disinformation targeting voters in the U.S. and Taiwan, according to a Microsoft report. These operations included AI-generated imagery and audio to influence political perceptions and election outcomes, originating from the APT Storm-1376 (also known as Spamouflage and Dragonbridge).

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2024-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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