Artificial intelligence has not yet changed election results
Published: Tuesday, Dec 17th 2024, 11:40
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Artificial intelligence has not yet had a decisive influence on election results. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in a report for which they analyzed this year's elections in almost 100 countries.
However, the dissemination of content manipulated with artificial intelligence (AI) has further divided political opinion and created a climate of mistrust, EPFL wrote in a press release on the report on Tuesday.
For example, AI-manipulated videos, known as deepfakes, have been used in elections in several countries. As an example of this, the researchers cite the 2023 elections in Switzerland, in which National Councillor Andreas Glarner created a deepfake video of his political rival Sibel Arslan. Another example, according to the report, is Donald Trump's repeated claim that all negative reports about him are deepfakes.
In India, a deepfake video of Bollywood star Aamir Khan was used during the 2024 elections, falsely showing his support for a political party. In Indonesia, videos appeared in which a dead politician addressed voters.
Manipulation simplified
The use of manipulated content for propaganda purposes is nothing new, the researchers emphasized. However, AI has made it much easier to create and distribute manipulated images and content, which accelerates the spread of political propaganda and increases the risk of disinformation.
The analysis was carried out by researchers from the Initiative for Media Innovation (IMI) and published in the initiative's magazine "Décryptage".
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