Operatives working for the Chinese and Iranian governments prepared fake, AI-generated content as part of a campaign to influence US voters in the closing weeks of the 2020 election campaign, current and former US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN.
Welcome to the internet, where we only read the title, and what we’ll base our opinion on.
This could also be seen as a form of misinformation. CNN can technically say “Yeah, but if you read the entire article…”, of which they know many people won’t.
And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is… not that bad.
Welcome to the internet, where we only read the title, and what we’ll base our opinion on.
This could also be seen as a form of misinformation. CNN can technically say “Yeah, but if you read the entire article…”, of which they know many people won’t.
And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is… not that bad.