These systems are capable of autonomously coordinating their actions, infiltrating communities, and effectively forming consensus, the study states.
AI is not just chatbots. According to a new study, artificial intelligence can also serve as a source of disinformation, writes Focus.
Scientists have examined the extent of AI usage, specifically large language models and autonomous agents, to manipulate opinions at the societal level. Researchers point to a specific threat in the form of swarms of AI: collectives of autonomous AI tools that can massively imitate real people through social networks.
According to scientists, existing data indicates that organized manipulation on social media has spread from 28 countries in 2017 to 70 countries today.
Instances of disinformation spread using AI during elections in some countries show that democratic institutions are already under threat from such manipulation methods, which, according to scientists, are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
These systems are capable of autonomously coordinating their actions, infiltrating communities, and effectively forming consensus, the study states.
Legislative regulation of such interventions raises complex questions, such as whether these AI bots can be considered free speech.
Whatever the outcome of the spread of disinformation using AI, it is clear that the path to this was paved many years ago.
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