China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters
April 5, 2024
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).
- Alleged deployer
- storm-1376, spamouflage, dragonbridge, chinese-communist-party
- Alleged developer
- storm-1376, spamouflage, dragonbridge, chinese-communist-party
- Alleged harmed parties
- u.s.-voters, taiwanese-voters, general-public, election-integrity, democracy
Source
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