Propagandists in China, Iran and Russia are using artificial intelligence to create content designed to deceive Americans ahead of the November presidential election, federal intelligence officials said Monday.
In a conference call about foreign election interference efforts organized by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, officials said the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that AI has made it easier to create disinformation, but has not fundamentally changed the way those actors operate.
“The IC considers AI a malign influence accelerant, not yet a revolutionary influence tool.
In other words, information operations are the threat, and AI is an enabler,” said one ODNI official, referring to the U.S. intelligence community.
Russia has a much more sophisticated understanding of American politics than Iran, the intelligence official said Monday.
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