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Suspected Chinese operatives using AI-generated images to spread disinformation among US voters, Microsoft says | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)

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Suspected Chinese operatives using AI-generated images to spread disinformation among US voters, Microsoft says | CNN Politics::Suspected Chinese operatives have used images made by artificial intelligence to mimic American voters online in an attempt to spread disinformation and provoke discussion on divisive political issues as the 2024 US election approaches, Microsoft analysts warned Thursday.

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[–] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I find it interesting how it appeared clear in 2016 US election that Reddit for example was being a target of Russian interference, (alongside other places like Facebook and Britain during Brexit), even with Russia in a weakened state China appears to have seen what was being done as valuable and taken up the task

The playbook always seems to be to stoke wedge issues, including funding groups on both sides of the political isle; funding the NRA and BLM seems to be two of the most common examples. The reality being that the amount of disruption and destabilisation that is achieved, it must be that these governments must see it as good value for their money.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Both China and Russia are still very active these days with their foreign public influence ops, and they’re absolutely being orchestrated at the highest levels of their respective governments.

It absolutely beggars belief that the CIA and NSA haven’t been told “gloves off” when dealing with this shit. The orchestration of psyops across basically all of the leading nations of the western hemisphere is a clear, present, and potentially existential danger… and we’re collectively doing fuck-all about it.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Imagine the amount of jail /executions that the US government would need to implement to clean up all the fucking crooked treasonous politicians on the take from Russia/China.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago

I’m gonna take a pass on the executions angle, but there should absolutely be federal felony charges leveled against a hell of a lot of elected officials. And at least a couple Supreme Court justices.