Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

“We are moving into a new phase of informational warfare on social media platforms where technological advancements have made the classic bot approach outdated,” says Jonas Kunst, a professor of communication at BI Norwegian Business School and one of the coauthors of the report. For experts who have spent years tracking and combating disinformation campaigns, the paper presents a terrifying future. "What if AI wasn't just hallucinating information, but thousands of AI chatbots were working together to give the guise of grassroots support where there was none? That's the future this paper imagines—Russian troll farms on steroids,” says Nina Jankowicz, the former Biden administration disinformation czar who is now CEO of the American Sunlight Project.

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Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say