Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate

Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate

China will attempt to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India this year with artificial intelligence-generated content after making a dry run with the presidential poll in Taiwan, Microsoft has warned.

The US tech firm said it expected Chinese state-backed cyber groups to target high-profile elections in 2024, with North Korea also involved, according to a report by the company’s threat intelligence team published on Friday.

“As populations in India, South Korea and the United States head to the polls, we are likely to see Chinese cyber and influence actors, and to some extent North Korean cyber actors, work toward targeting these elections,” the report reads.

Microsoft said that “at a minimum” China will create and distribute through social media AI-generated content that “benefits their positions in these high-profile elections”.

  • BurningnnTree@lemmy.oneEnglish
    82·
    7 months ago

    This may be a dumb question, but does China want Trump or Biden to win? Or are they more interested in just amplifying political/social division?

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
      111·
      7 months ago

      I’ve only seen references to them dishing out pro trump misinfo, but I expect that’s because its the most expedient way to amplify division and it hedges against a trump victory by appealing to his narcissism

      • Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
        41·
        7 months ago

        America under Trump will all but collapse, which opens up a massive void that China will be happy to fill.

        Trump will destroy America for a few strokes of his ego.

    • skulblaka@startrek.website
      102·
      7 months ago

      Every foreign adversary wants Trump to win because it’s obvious to everyone in the world that he’s going to cause the collapse of America. When America keels over, a power vacuum opens up.

      • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
        25·
        7 months ago

        When America keels over, a power vacuum opens up.

        As an American, yes please. I’m tired of all my tax payer dollars going to defense spending. Meanwhile China managed to build an entire high speed rail network.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
      7·
      7 months ago

      In Canada they are more interested in amplifying division

      They want minority governments so we are slower to react

      For the US I imagine that is having a different Senate or House/Executive