"ChatGPT, write me this story in 500 variations so they appear to be written by 500 different persons, and in 50 languages"

Troll factories around the world will be among the most affected by AI, I'd think ...

#AI #Disinformation #AIDisinfo #ActiveMeasures

NYTimes: China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=A5lctTch6szIB8K80j8piSOm99Mwb2g3Db38Uw-b9sstFNvMP1-Nv4pDK38gSCO_FnKuc6NVL9e5D8fLw5IzyX6XqFfCdr0VjwhAD7MM_rFfjdx3dHNXSDe7hY3Jn74mlBNGGLr-UyFIU69oQ51eNF5zn6OZScjp3QMjIulge2ZYIIRIJ2RlzP3MEb-2rrPJuCGeQlBEhh2-3XeOFFRsWZ4RChUVXs1qyv33_sG37Gnk8Hng-q-tLYDpgANvGJL6fjX7hj4-EACR0j0NmlX2x1QPiuONEc8kz6GBWIzTPLaWx-ozt6vlkm0OXy1ZoVOhNe_i_WnOGKyGbvEBoOajTjl2fXYf&smid=nytcore-android-share

Experts estimate a 90% chance of a gpt-4 equivalent model running on a single laptop by 2026.

What that means, is that one person can invest less than a thousand dollars to fool 95% of people into synthetic relationships originating from this single laptop.

One laptop can easily handle thousands of social media bots, tens of thousands of email accounts, tens of live chats.

Mass #ai #disinformation has never been this easy. Democratic societies have 2 years to act.

https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/spotlight-on-ai-what-would-it-take-for-this-to-go-well

The move also comes as the #Biden admin & #Congress are grappling w/how to push back on #China w/o tipping the 2 countries into open conflict, & w/how to reduce the risk that #AI is used to magnify #disinformation.

The impact of the Chinese campaign — identified by researchers from #Microsoft, #RecordedFuture, the #RANDCorp, #NewsGuard & the #UofMaryland — is difficult to measure, tho early indications suggest that few social media users engaged w/the most outlandish of the #ConspiracyTheories.

#China Sows #Disinformation About #Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques

Beijing’s #InfluenceCampaign using #ArtificialIntelligence is a rapid change in tactics

Until now, China’s #influence campaigns have been focused on amplifying #propaganda defending its policies on #Taiwan & other subjects. The most recent effort…, suggests that #Beijing is making more direct attempts to sow #discord in the #UnitedStates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires [as] the result of a secret “weather weapon” being tested by the United States. To bolster the plausibility, the posts carried photographs that appeared to have been generated by artificial intelligence programs, making them among the first to use these new tools to bolster the aura of authenticity of a disinformation campaign."
#Disinformation
#AIImages #ClimateChange

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html

#Disinformation about #wildfires running rampant in the US and Canada, blaming recent wildfires on "coordinated arson, lasers—and plans to develop "smart cities." " https://phys.org/news/2023-09-conspiracy-theories-falsely-link-wildfires.html

US "right now not losing the information war," but the next 3-5 years are critical amid the increasing reach of #disinformation and #misinformation emanating from #China and #Russia as "they're starting to make their content more appealing," USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett tells the Public Diplomacy Council of America.

#Carlson also called AG #DanaNessel "truly a lunatic." (projection)

"You can just throw people in prison when they disagree w/you," he said, "which she's in the process of doing…."

It was unclear what Carlson was referring to, but Nessel has leveled #felony charges against 16 #Republican (#FakeElectors) who signed a certificate falsely stating that #Trump won #Michigan's 16 electoral votes.

He said money should be spent on "destroying the teachers union in Michigan." (wtf?)

#Disinformation

#TuckerCarlson spoke in Macomb County, a county that flipped to #Trump in 2016, remained w/him in 2020 & likely will play a role in 2024 presidential politics. Carlson advised the crowd to organize & to “speak w/total *honesty*, clarity & #aggression.”

He also falsely stated that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged,” which drew enthusiastic applause from the crowd.

#PoliticalViolence #Incitement #DomesticViolentExtremism #DomesticTerrorism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Disinformation

#ElonMusk is doing everything he can to avoid #accountability, and keep his agenda to advance vile, #rightwing #hateSpeech cloaked in darkness. #Elon is a #racist. He is a #bigot. And he has a very specific desire to normalize #hate through the #Twitter #platform he purchased specifically to achieve that goal. If you are still using Twitter, you are directly supporting hatred, bigotry, and the promotion of rightwing #disinformation.

https://www.teslarati.com/x-lawsuit-california-moderation-bill/

Unfortunately I’m spending time now on #Xitter #birdsite as it’s the only place to get full coverage of the impending #Madagascar #elections. I hadn’t believed how #nazi the platform had become til i went back. Systemic #oligarchic #fossilfuel #whitesupremacy. I was BOMBARDED by #advertising on #environmentalist #chrispackham & how he was supposedly a “them”, amassing millions against the “us” small people. Site leads to fake BBC article, all linked to… #crypto products. #Musk #disinformation

The only economically illiterate one is Postmedia, who are close to bankruptcy.
#Media #Newspaper #Disinformation #Canada

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-trudeau-liberals-bocs-macklem-seem-economically-illiterate

🛡️ Following the Operation Security Reinforcement in #DeirezZor, a lot of #Disinformation is being spread

➡️ The picture on the left was spread claiming that the #SDF was responsible for killing these civilians

➡️ In reality, this picture is from #Yemen, taken in 2017, as you can see on the right

#Syria

A #BBC ‘#disinformation correspondent' is a disinformation artist:

"The BBC’s Marianna Spring specializes in branding average citizens as conspiracy theorists and potential terrorists for questioning official claims. When caught lying about her own professional record to advance her ambitions, she says she thought her deceit “wouldn’t be a big deal.” https://thegrayzone.com/2023/09/09/bbc-disinformation-disinfo-bio/

“Bot activity on the platform formerly known as Twitter is worse than ever, according to researchers, despite X’s new owner, Elon Musk, claiming a crackdown on bots as one of his key reasons for buying the company.”

#Twitter #𝕏 #Bots #Disinformation #DonaldTrump

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/09/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase

…Stanford Law School prof Daphne Keller said the #5thCircuit’s ruling appeared to allow “a lot of normal communications as long as they are not threatening or taking over control of platforms’ #content decisions.”

“But it also says they can’t 'significantly encourage’ platforms to remove lawful content, so the real question is what that means,” she said.

#law #tech #SocialMedia #Ethics #CivicResponsibility #PublicHealth #Disinformation #misinformation #MediaLiteracy

#ElonMusk creates the conditions on his #platform for #hateSpeech and #disinformation to run rampant, gets criticized by a chorus of people and institutions, loses revenue because his platform is now a #cesspool for #bigotry, and then singles out a #Jewish-identifying organization fighting #antisemitism as the one to blame. Get off #Twitter. Now. There's no rational basis for engaging with a platform that explicitly promotes and amplifies hate-speech and bigotry.

#Xodus

https://www.salon.com/2023/09/09/a-cesspool-for-bigotry-elon-musks-against-anti-defamation-league-may-backfire/

“Laws” To Ban “#Disinformation” & “#Misinformation”: The #Global #War on Thought Crime https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/laws-to-ban-disinformation-misinformation-the-global-war-on-thought-crime/

#iTHiNKLabs Episode 282🔴https://rb.gy/zwgvl

Focus:

#F16 #University #ElonMusk #Ukraine #RTO #Security #Apple #Mastodon #China #RemoteWork #Starlink #FakeFood #Fediverse #Crimea #SocialMedia #Russia #Colorado #Military #NewHampshire #Parents #Michigan #HumanRights #Arizona #Twitter #Politics #Google #BlackMastodon #Chrome #HR #Defense #GOP #News #Fukushima #Nutrition #Students #Health #Disinformation #Law #Racism #Trump #Japan #SCOTUS #iPhone #Education #AI #Food #Jobs #Scam #Business #USA▼

So now the US Government is disallowed by the Courts from strong arming tech companies into deplatforming accounts that are spreading #disinformation about #PublicHealth. https://wapo.st/3PvLMqw