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Social media streams are flooded with AI-generated content masquerading as real footage
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Rachel Adams, CEO and founder of the Global Center on AI Governance, believes such misinformation risks influencing life-or-death decisions, from where civilians seek shelter to how aid is distributed.
Key facts
- She is also the author of The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality
- Rachel Adams, CEO and founder of the Global Center on AI Governance, believes such misinformation risks influencing life-or-death decisions, from where civilians seek shelter to how aid is distributed
- Social media streams are flooded with AI-generated content masquerading as real footage, including false clips of Burj Khalifa on fire and fabricated scenes of missiles striking the streets of Tel
- In the Global South, many countries have historically been vulnerable to information manipulation
Summary
During the recent U.S.-Israel war on Iran, AI was used to identify and strike targets, accelerate the speed of attacks, and get weaponry recommendations. Social media streams are flooded with AI-generated content masquerading as real footage, including false clips of Burj Khalifa on fire and fabricated scenes of missiles striking the streets of Tel Aviv. Adams is an expert on AI governance and the political economy of emerging technologies. One of the first things that they're noticing is the sheer volume of false or misleading wartime images or information being shared.